RIVKAH SASS

摘要

They took a risk when they hired Rivkah Sass in 2003 to direct the Omaha Public Library (OPL). Sass had never been the director of a library. She took a risk, too. A half-dozen or more librarians have occupied the director's chair in Omaha since an incumbent died in 1992. That's not exactly a revolving door, but it does make you wonder why that job has changed hands so often. Sass and the Omaha library board were made for each other. Taking risks is central to Sass's management style. The first thing she told the citizens of Omaha when she arrived in September 2003 was, "You've got a second-rate library here. A great city deserves a great library." The remark was quoted by Michael Kelly in his column in the Omaha Herald-World. "Regrettably, her assessment is true," Kelly wrote.