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A subcommittee of the library's Board of Trustees is pushing administrators to consider policy revisions after an alleged racial profiling incident earlier this year.
Library patrons and parents in East Lansing voiced outrage at a Wednesday library board meeting over administrators' recent decision to call the police on a Black teenager.
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.