Library director outlines staffing push and reactivated de-escalation training
Aug 7, 2026
Library director Bryce Lemelle told the commission the department is recruiting a library assistant for El Dorado Hills, recently added an extra-help page, and reactivated an online training series on trauma-informed practices and de-escalation; the IT sign-in changes will pilot at Placerville and run systemwide in coming months.
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Bryce Lemelle, the library director, told the commission the department is actively recruiting a library assistant for the El Dorado Hills branch and has recently onboarded an extra-help page to support all branches. "We subscribed to an online training...and we reactivated that training series again," he said, describing a one-year subscription that includes monthly live sessions and recorded modules.
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