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Visit the ALA Core Library Consultants Directory - find consultants who can work with your library on a variety of topics and specialties. Consultants may add themselves and update entries at any time. 

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Purpose: Supports professional development by providing programs, information exchange, and networking opportunities of interest to independent librarians, library consultants, state library and regional library consultants, and anyone who wants to push the boundaries of librarianship.

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June 2013 LCIG Conference Preview

  • 1.  June 2013 LCIG Conference Preview

    Posted Jun 05, 2013 09:21 AM

    The LCIG leaders and members are looking forward to a stimulating ALA Annual Conference. The group is sponsoring or co-sponsoring three programs of interest to library consultants and independent library professionals. Please tell your colleagues about:


    ·        Saturday 6/29/2013 from 1:00 – 2:30 (MPCC N427bc) Beyond Brainstorming: Making More Effective Decisions with Joan Frye Williams, library consultant and futurist.


    ·        Sunday 6/30/2013 from 8:30 – 10:00 (MPCC S404a) Do Those Evaluation Statistics Mean Anything? a panel sponsored by the Library Consultants Interest Group and the ALA Committee on Research and Statistics. The program is moderated by Sara Laughlin, Director of the Monroe County Public Library and features Carlos Manjarrez, Director of Planning, Research, and Evaluation at IMLS, Matthew Birnbaum, PhD, Research and Evaluation Officer at IMLS, William Wilson, Partner with Himmel & Wilson, Library Consultants, and Laura Stone, Federal and State Grants Manager at the Arizona State Library, Archives and Public Records.


    ·        Sunday 6/30/2013 from 1:00 – 5:30 (Hyatt McCormick Place - Jackson Park 10D) Consultants Give Back cosponsored with PLA. To see the consultants registered to participate in the event to provide short consulting sessions see http://cgb.galecia.com/.


    Tell us about your conference plans and your reviews of the programs on Twitter at #asclaig #consultant. Plan to meet other LCIG members at the Saturday 6/29/2013 from 5:45 – 7:30 ASCLA/COSLA Reception and Awards and the ASCLA President’s Program on Sunday 6/30/2013 from 10:30 – 12:00 Storytelling Mojo: Creating the 21st Century Library Narrative.