Mike Moore | The Journal Gazette Susan Baier, the new director of the Allen County Public Library, sees herself as a connector. Previous Next Saturday, March 13, 2021 1:00 am 'People's palace' has leader Baier on job as director of Allen County library system ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette Susan Baier jokes that taking the Allen County Public Library's top job gives her “the Lincoln trifecta.” Baier grew up in Illinois, the jumping off point for the political career that launched Abraham Lincoln to the presidency. She went to library school and directed a public library system in Kentucky, where Lincoln grew up.