Services
"Cheryl is the ideal consultant. She's knowledgeable and experienced, but most of all she listens. She left us with very specific ideas and solutions that have proven themselves in the long term."
– Vermont library director
"Cheryl is a superb presenter and facilitator. She is interesting, fun, and engaging, and encouraged the audience's participation."
– Rhode Island Library Association Conference participant
"Accessible, knowledgeable speaker"
– NELA, Managing for Results participant
Consulting
Library Space Planning and Development of Building Programs
Each library responds to the needs and expectations of its own community. We can work together to clarify your service priorities and realign your space to support those priorities and create a more comfortable environment for library users and staff.
Space in libraries is our most expensive and our most long lasting resource. The development of your library building program is a group process seeking the most effective use of space for the services your community values.
Long Range Planning
Planning is ideally a conversation among all the participants of an organization. Bringing everyone to the table to discuss your library's strengths and aspirations can lead to a clarification of priorities and an action plan that gets everyone working toward common goals. Strategic planning benefits both large and small libraries. It is a pleasure to see the success that long range planning has created for libraries and professional organizations who develop and utilize their plans. I would be happy to provide you with examples and references of both libraries and organizations whose process I have facilitated so you can hear about their successes.
Staff Development
Productive staff development is built on appropriate and continual training, clarification of roles, policy development, and timely employee evaluation . I am available to work with your management team to develop appropriate support systems for staff development and assist with staff training on a variety of topics. For a list of some frequently presented workshops, see workshops. We can work together to develop workshops that address your specific needs.
Workshops
All workshops are highly interactive, providing different approaches and information while encouraging participants to discuss and add their own experiences and viewpoints. Workshops can be tailored to your group's interests and priorities.Popular topics include:
Conference Programs
A popular presenter at ALA,PLA, NELA, and New England states’ association conferences. Topics include user-centered design, green design, current trends in library service, readers advisory techniques, planning, experience economy, mindfulness, job information centers and others as requested.
Library Space Planning and Development of Building Programs
Each library responds to the needs and expectations of its own community. We can work together to clarify your service priorities and realign your space to support those priorities and create a more comfortable environment for library users and staff.
Space in libraries is our most expensive and our most long lasting resource. The development of your library building program is a group process seeking the most effective use of space for the services your community values.
Long Range Planning
Planning is ideally a conversation among all the participants of an organization. Bringing everyone to the table to discuss your library's strengths and aspirations can lead to a clarification of priorities and an action plan that gets everyone working toward common goals. Strategic planning benefits both large and small libraries. It is a pleasure to see the success that long range planning has created for libraries and professional organizations who develop and utilize their plans. I would be happy to provide you with examples and references of both libraries and organizations whose process I have facilitated so you can hear about their successes.
Staff Development
Productive staff development is built on appropriate and continual training, clarification of roles, policy development, and timely employee evaluation . I am available to work with your management team to develop appropriate support systems for staff development and assist with staff training on a variety of topics. For a list of some frequently presented workshops, see workshops. We can work together to develop workshops that address your specific needs.
Workshops
All workshops are highly interactive, providing different approaches and information while encouraging participants to discuss and add their own experiences and viewpoints. Workshops can be tailored to your group's interests and priorities.Popular topics include:
- Change Implementation
- Customer Service in the Digital Age
- Community Collaborations for Success
- Readers Advisory Services
- Genre Study
- Communications: internal and community
- Planning
- Board Assessment and Training
- Space Planning
- Time Management
- Stress Management
- Collection Development
- Weed It! Move out the old, Bring in the New
- Collection Assessment and Development
Conference Programs
A popular presenter at ALA,PLA, NELA, and New England states’ association conferences. Topics include user-centered design, green design, current trends in library service, readers advisory techniques, planning, experience economy, mindfulness, job information centers and others as requested.