HINCKLEY – Rylie Carter is the new director at Hinckley Public Library, a position she started Oct. 15.

Carter originally applied to be the youth services librarian, but when that job was filled, she applied for the director’s job, becoming that librarian’s boss.

A native of Streator, Carter was home-schooled until she started college at Illinois Valley Community College in Oglesby at the age of 16. After attending Illinois State University, she graduated with a master’s degree in library science from the University of Illinois in Champaign in August.