NORTH AURORA Janene Albrecht of North Aurora watched as her two young sons, Kendall and Andrew, played with a wooden train track in the newly renovated youth services department at Messenger Public Library in North Aurora.

They love coming here and playing in the play area so I can look at books, Albrecht said.

Work recently was completed on an interior renovation of the librarys youth services department.

As part of the renovation project, the youth program room was redesigned and expanded.

Our programming room was inadequate to meet our needs, Messenger Public Library Administrator Kevin Davis said. We are seeing more and more patrons using the library, especially families.

An open house for the new Barbara Messenger Tinker Youth Program Room will be from 1:30 to 4 p.m. April 12 at the library, which is at 113 Oak St. in North Aurora. A ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 2 p.m. that day.

Tinker was the daughter of library founder Emeline Messenger, who died in April 2000. Tinker died in 2011.

The new youth program room already is being put to good use.

Weve been doing craft programs in here, and weve been doing story-times in here, said Michelle Kurczak, head of youth and teen services for Messenger Public Library.

Other aspects of the project included the centralization of the information and service desk in the youth services department and a reconfiguration of shelving. In addition, a screened porch became an off-desk work room for staff as part of the project.

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