If Dr. Gardner, who became director of library services in 2017, had continued with the self-serving rationalizations of her predecessors, she would have hersel

If Dr. Gardner, who became director of library services in 2017, had continued with the self-serving rationalizations of her predecessors, she would have herself come to 'own' the problem, by becoming a party to the dissembling. So, I guess she instituted a thorough search, and when it failed, announced the fact.