Betsy Pohl in the renovated reading room on Wednesday at the Lithgow Library in Augusta. Pohl is retiring as librarian.

This April 1991 file photo shows Betsy Pohl when she first took over leadership of the the Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.

Betsy Pohl in the renovated reading room on Wednesday at the Lithgow Library in Augusta. Pohl is retiring as librarian.

Betsy Pohl in the renovated reading room on Wednesday at the Lithgow Library in Augusta. Pohl is retiring as librarian.

This March 9, 2002 file photo shows Lithgow Public Library Director Elizabeth Pohl of Augusta posing with a proposal for expanding the library building.

This Sept. 28, 2006 file photo shows director Elizabeth Pohl, left, and assistant director and youth services librarian Sarah Schultz-Nielsen standing near the former Rite Aid store on State Street that was demolished to make way for an addition to the The Lithgow Library and Reading Room, far left background.

Library Director Betsy Pohl photographs the work underway during a tour of the expansion being built on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016 at the Lithgow Library in Augusta.

Library Director Betsy Pohl leads a tour of the expansion being built on Tuesday Jan. 26, 2016 at the Lithgow Library in Augusta.

This 2005 file photo shows Lithgow Library director Elizabeth Pohl holding up one of the dozens of copies of Linda Greenlaw's "The Lobster Chronicles" that have been ordered for that year's Capital Read program.

This April 1991 file photo shows Betsy Pohl when she first took over leadership of the the Lithgow Public Library in Augusta.