Library welcomes youth director

YOUNGSTOWN

The Public Library of Youngstown & Mahoning County recently welcomed Erin Phemester to the position of programming and youth services director. Phemester is a Pittsburgh native who came back to the area from her most recent job as senior library manager from 2013-19 in the Alachua County Library District in Gainesville, Fla. Prior to that, she was with the Andrew Carnegie Free Library and Music Hall as library director from 2012-13, and children and youth services librarian from 2007-13.

She holds a bachelor’s degree from Duquesne University and a master’s degree of library and information science from the University of Pittsburgh. She is a member of the American Library Association, Association for Library Service to Children, Public Library Association, Young Adult Library Services Association, and Ohio Library Council.