Yesterday the Tompkins County Public Library’s Board of Trustees confirmed Susan Currie as the new library director, despite objections of the UAW Local 2300, the union representing the library staff. Currie, who served for the past year as a member of the library’s Board of Trustees, generated a strong backlash from the union, who felt that her position on the board of trustees while they were considering her for the directorship tainted the nomination process.