Sacrasutterwoodfolusa

I recently logged onto the Sacramento Public Library's web site like I have hundreds of times before. But instead of the Sacramento Public Library's logo and page title, the words "Welcome to Sacrasutterwoodfolusa Catalog" shine back at me. Talk about seeing an odd and amusing title where I was used to seeing the Sacramento Public Library heading and logo.

Just under the title is the explanation that by searching this catalog, I am not just looking at the Sacramento Coounty library's books, I am also searching the catalogs of public libraries in Sutter county, Woodland, Folsom, and Colusa county. This is so typical of our Sacramento Library. They seek connectivity and joint ventures all the time and willingly share the size and diversity of the Sacramento Library System with these other, smaller, systems. Our central library isn't all that big but when you consider the other 27 branch libraries, it is a large system.

I have noticed that books requested from these non-Sacramento libraries tend to have more restrictions on them than books in the Sacramento county itself. Audio/Visual media are sometimes not for loan and even books will have the standard 3 week checkout period but no renewal.

Congratulations, Sacramento Public Library, for thinking of all your potential clientèle, not just Sacramento residents.