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Essex Libraries promotes stock to current customers and to the wider public to:
This will be achieved by:
Stock in Essex Libraries is organised in categories according to the UK Standard Libraries Categories (UKSLC). Non-fiction categories used by UKSLC include Biographies, Food and Drink, Gardening, Sport, Hobbies and Games etc. Stock will be arranged according to the Dewey Decimal Classification Scheme within each individual category, unless it has been placed into a specialist collection such as Everyone's Literacy Areas.
Fiction categories used by UKSLC include Crime, Thrillers, Romance, Historical, Science Fiction and Adventure. Fiction stock will be arranged by alphabetical order of the author’s surname within categories.
Music CDs are shelved in broad categories, such as Rock and Pop, Classical, Easy Listening, etc. They are shelved in alphabetical order of artist / group.
DVDs are shelved in broad categories, including feature films, TV, instructional, sport and music. They are shelved in alphabetical order of title.
This involves a mixture of core activities – which are detailed below – and project work, linked to countywide, regional, and national projects and promotions.
Reader development activities for children should:
Part of reader development is to help customers expand their reading choices through promotion via online channels.
Online stock promotional tools include:
We support a large number of book groups across the county, both groups who meet in the library and groups who meet elsewhere but borrow our stock.
The public library catalogue is intuitive to use and customers have the opportunity to search for and reserve items, manage their account, renew items and create booklists.
With the library app customers can now also search the catalogue, renew items, check opening times.
All libraries have collections of Quick Reads; these are short books ideal for adults who want a short, fast read or a more straightforward read. They are also useful for emergent readers and people with English as a second language.
All libraries have Everyone’s Literacy areas which contain books and resources to help customers improve reading skills. They are designed to help develop a love of reading for pleasure.
The Everyone’s Literacy areas contain:
All areas are clearly marked in each library. They have been developed in consultation with teachers, Adult Community Learning and other experts in literacy skills.