Diane Satchwell

Diane Satchwell has been in public library service since the early 1980s. She started as a children's librarian in Orange County, California. She began working with older adults while the branch manager in the Rancho Santa Margarita Library. The library was opened in 1994 to a very exciting and demanding community. Older Adults became an important aspect of its success with book delivery to the home confined, volunteers in programming and instructional services, as well as a very successful Friends of the Library organization. Innovative art exhibits were the result of the group's love of art and filling a void within the community. Diane's commitment to older adults continued as Murrieta’s City Director of Library Services, later as the Deputy Director of San Diego County and currently as the Administrative Librarian at the Oakland Public Library, each time starting new services and creating partnerships within the community.

May is Older Adult Month. Be ready to celebrate this important month with new services to an ever-growing and vibrant group of individuals. Learn the many types of library services and how technology adds to the versatility and delivery of services to the older adults within our communities.