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Library announces new director
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
The Allen County Public Library s new executive director comes from a leadership role at a Paducah, Kentucky, public library.
The local library s board of trustees Thursday afternoon voted 5-0 to hire Susan Baier, director of Paducah s McCracken County Public Library. The decision came during a virtual special meeting.
Baier will replace Greta Southard, the former Allen County library executive director, who resigned suddenly in August without explanation. Her five-year tenure was marked by controversy over the discarding of library materials and other issues.
The board conducted a nationwide search and earlier announced it had whittled prospects down to four candidates who were interviewed in December.
Library pares director search to 4
Final interviews will take place next week
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
Allen County Public Library has narrowed its search for a new executive director to four candidates, all from out of state.
The four are Susan Baier, director of McCracken County Public Library in Paducah, Kentucky; Ann Hammond, executive director of Sonoma County Public Library in California; Bob Pasicznyuk, executive director of Douglas County libraries in the Denver metropolitan area; and Kristen Shelley, director of East Lansing Public Library in Michigan.
The candidates are scheduled to meet Wednesday with library managers and department heads. Next week, the library s Board of Trustees will conduct final interviews with each of the four applicants and decide what to do next.