Main Youngstown library gets new electronic sign

Main Youngstown library gets new electronic sign

By PETER H. MILLIKEN

milliken@vindy.com

YOUNGSTOWN

A new $18,905 electronic sign in front of the main public library, 305 Wick Ave., is a good method of announcing library events to the public at a busy intersection, the library’s communications and public relations director said.

“It is a part of getting our message out to the public. It’s a part of letting the public know what they can come to the library for,” said Janet Loew, communications director.

“It’s such a highly visible corner. There’s a lot of traffic,” she said, noting that the sign can be seen by motorists stopped for traffic lights at Wick and Rayen and Wick and Lincoln avenues.

Her boss, Carlton Sears, the library system director, agrees with her concerning the need to promote library events.

“An informed public gets more out of the library, and this will help inform the public about our programs and services so they’ll get more out of it,” Sears said.

The sign also reinforces the public’s recognition of main library as part of a county-wide system, he added. The system is known as the Public Library of Youngstown and Mahoning County.

The gray sign, which will also announce library closings and provide the time and temperature, was installed earlier this month on the front lawn of the 1910-vintage main library.

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