Auburndale, MA library patrons re-open shuttered branch as a community library

from Wicked Local

Newton (Mass) —

When Newton decided to shut down the Auburndale branch library last year, a group of residents got together and decided to open their own. The new, independently run library will be opening its doors on June 13.

“I’m clearly not a professional librarian,” said Dana Hanson, one of the volunteers working with the Auburndale Community Library. “We are just plain Newton residents who have taken the ball and run with it. It’s a lot of fun and it’s exciting.”

It's being run by the Auburndale Community Association

The Auburndale Community Library, Inc. is a community-based non-profit volunteer organization that will operate as a lending library independent from the Newton Main Library and the Minuteman Library Network.  Our hours will be:

Tuesday 10 am - 3 pm
Thursday 3 pm - 8 pm
Saturday 10 am - 3 pm

The branch was closed in 2008, but not before citizens put up a good fight to keep it open.  Again from Wicked Local

Facing branch library closures next week, branch library advocates are mounting a campaign to keep them open. More than 50 residents gathered at the home of Auburndale resident Dana Hanson last night to begin mapping out a plan to save the Auburndale library. They’ve created an online petition, initiated a letter-writing effort and are beginning to make phone calls.

Branch libraries will officially close on June 6.

Here's to hoping that these volunteer superpatrons can keep their library open.