Posts by Wendy Werdin
These Are a Few of Our Favorite Things: Library Strategies Consultants in Their Own Words
Our consultants will be the first to tell you that each library and library support organization brings unique needs, experiences, and expectations to the discussion when they contact us about Library Strategies’ services. The good news is our consultants are just as individual about their approaches to the process, and each of them brings a…
Read MoreHow We Operate: Lightbulb Edition
Library Strategies is a consulting group of The Friends of the Saint Paul Public Library. We are the only consulting group in the country based inside of a library organization. As such, we often have big picture conversations with our local library leadership. We offer a unique set of services designed specifically to strengthen libraries…
Read MoreOn Planning and Priorities
During the summer of last year, while we were still finding our footing in response to the pandemic, we conducted a survey of libraries and library-support organizations across the country. The two most pressing challenges libraries identified were the ability to effectively meet the needs of a changing community with static or declining budgets and…
Read MoreHow We Operate: Virtual Planning Edition.
A year ago, when we thought we would be using virtual meetings and events as stop-gaps for a time, we did not consider just how vital they’d become to the way we do business as an organization. Of course, we had “webinars” like most places operating in the 21st century. We had the ability to…
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