Friends of Montclair Library

The Montclarion/East Bay Times ran a nice article today about the library and our branch manager, Mahate Osborn.

Filling at first a temporary position before becoming the library’s permanent manager last December, Osborn is keen to ramp up operations at the Montclair branch. Top priorities on a practical level include making the outdoor hillside space behind the building compliant with the federal Americans with Disabilities Act; developing multifunctional, flexible areas indoors and outdoors that allow for mobile craft or other maker spaces and community gatherings in a variety of configurations; continuously surveying community interests to discover new interests; and centering outreach and programming on the diverse needs and desires of the library’s users, not just those who run it.

Read more here: https://www.eastbaytimes.com/2022/12/06/oaklands-montclair-library-branch-manager-keen-to-ramp-up-operations/

Photo: Mahate Osborn