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SMITHFIELD – Outdoor events at the Greenville Library will get an upgrade thanks to an FM signal transmitter that will send audio to patrons’ car radios.
Rebecca Reddy, technology coordinator and head of circulation, said the transmitter and other equipment, including a shed, LED lighting, folding chairs, a heating lamp and a heavy-duty tent, were supplied to the library through the state’s Take It Outside grant.
Reddy said the library received all of its requests, including the FM transmitter, thanks to the hard work of town officials.
With the transmitter, Reddy said the library plans to hold outdoor events as soon as the weather warms up. Last October, the library hosted a small event in “Sequoia Square,” as Director Dorothy Swain calls the center of the parking lot with the Sequoia tree, where librarians read from a book to spectators in cars using a public address system.