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Insights from the Library Consultant Community: Listen, Learn and Connect
Whether you are a working library consultant, or are curious about this field, you are invited to join an interactive conversation with members of our library consulting community of practice (confirmed participants below). Hosted by the Core Library Consulting Interest Group, this fast-paced overview of library consultancy will introduce you to working consultants who will share how they are using their talents and skills to help libraries across the library landscape. Each presenter has only a few minutes, so buckle up and get ready to cover quite a bit of ground in a short time. Attendees, whether consultants themselves or interested in the field, are invited to bring their consulting experiences, hopes, and questions to the discussion.
Benefits to the Audience
Carson Block Consulting provides technology consulting services designed to bring technology vision and technology power to libraries, including technology assessments and planning, recruitment, library master planning and construction, inspirational speaking, teaching and more.
Claire Dygert (CDygert Solutions) provides services to all types of libraries – from community college and research libraries to public and state libraries and library consortia. Claire’s areas of expertise include e-resource acquisition and management, statewide and individual library contract negotiations, acquisitions and collection development, digital services, library consortia management, and leading strategic planning and organizational change.
Vera Keown is a Certified Executive Coach offering one-on-one coaching to managers, leaders, and executives of all levels for leadership and performance development, as well as team coaching, training, and facilitation. She has over 25 years of experience as a librarian and leader in special and academic libraries and is currently the Organizational Development Librarian at the University of Manitoba (Canada).
Carolyn F. Norman, Consultant consults in the areas of planning, grantsmanship and policy development. A long-time ALA/CJCLS member, Carolyn has worked in academic libraries in two- and four-year institutions and as a statewide library policy specialist for community colleges. She currently works as a library consultant with QualityMetrics, LLC.
Joe Matthews (JRM Consulting) consults on a wide range of projects including strategic planning, evaluation of library services and technology planning. Joe has worked with academic, public, and special libraries as well as library consortium, state library agencies and library boards.Maryam Phillips has served since 2013 as Executive Director of HSLC (Hosting Solutions and Library Consulting), which provides consulting services including technology plans, cataloging and metadata services, ILS migration services, and security analyses. HSLC also provides training services related to cataloging, metadata and more.
Marie S.A. Sorenson, AIA NCARB LEED AP, consults on design, architecture and planning for a wide range of buildings and spaces for public use, including libraries. Marie founded Sorensen Partners in 2012 to work with complex knowledge- and mission-driven organizations interested in the possibility of architecture to shape and inspire evolved institutional culture.
Facilitators from the Core Library Consulting Interest Group: Laura Rose Taylor and Val Edward