Neighbor News
Beaumont Library Has Two New Librarians in 2019!
Sarah O'Brien and Nathan Harris have joined the local library staff this year
Beaumont Library was sad to see Children’s Librarian Nell Secor leave us last month but we know her move to Idaho was a job opportunity for her husband, and it puts them and their
children closer to the grandparents!
With her nearly ten years here, we knew we could not replace her, but we found an experienced person in Sarah O’Brien, who has coordinated children’s programs at La Quinta Library for the past four years.
Sarah graduated from high school in California, earned her B.A. in History and Anthropology from St. Mary’s in Indiana, and graduated with a Masters in Library and Information Science from San Jose State.
Find out what's happening in Banning-Beaumontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
Sarah currently co-runs her local chapter of the nationally acclaimed Silent Book Club, where she has met and become good friends with fellow book worms. Besides doing bookish things, she enjoys traveling, creative writing, podcast discussions, and checking out new restaurants in town.
Also joining the Beaumont Library staff is Nathan Harris, who comes to us from a suburb of Kansas City--Overland Park in Kansas, the state where he was born and raised.
Find out what's happening in Banning-Beaumontfor free with the latest updates from Patch.
He earned a paralegal certificate from Johnson County Community College and completed his Bachelor of Arts degree in History from Columbia College, in Columbia, Missouri.
He then began working as a research paralegal for a law firm in the Kansas City area while completing his MLS degree at Emporia State University, in Emporia, KS. While at ESU, he was one of ten scholarship students to study libraries in Serbia, was inducted into Phi Kappa Phi, a nationwide honorary academic society, and became a member of Beta Phi Mu, the International Library and Information Studies honor society.
Nathan belongs to the American Library Association, is an avid reader and lover of research and wants to share this interest with others.
Beaumont Library, a California Special District independent of both city and county government, provides library services to Beaumont and Cherry Valley and is located at 125 E. Eighth Street in Beaumont. Call 951-845-1357 or visit bld.lib.ca.us for more information.
