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Workshops and Presentations


Joe is an experienced speaker and workshop presenter on a wide variety of subjects. He has appeared as the featured speaker at national and international library conferences and regularly presents workshops and seminars on topics such as:

  • Strategic Planning and Management
  • The Library Balanced Scorecard
  • Exploring New Strategies for Service Delivery
  • Measuring for Results (for public libraries)
  • Determining and Communicating the Value of the Special Library
  • Assessing the Academic Library
  • Evaluation of Library Services
  • Measuring Customer Satisfaction
  • Developing a Valuable Technology Plan


Each of Joe’s workshops is tailored to meet the needs of the library or organization sponsoring the program. A suggested presenter’s set-up includes:

  • Side table
  • Computer with PowerPoint
  • Data projector and screen
  • Lavaliere microphone – only needed if the audience is larger than 40 or the acoustics are particularly bad

Workshop Presentations 

Listening to the Customer
American Library Association, Boston January 2016 

This workshop discussed why listening to customers is so critical and then focuses in detail on who your customers are and segments them by use and reasons for use. The experiences of two libraries, the Hamilton (Ontario, Canada) and the Sacramento Public Library of using LibSat were explored and the benefits to library staff were articulated.
Adding Value: The Secret Sauce
Public Library Association Conference, Denver, April 2016
  
Corporate Libraries: Adding Value in the Workplace
Special Libraries Association
San Diego, CA 
June 11, 2013

Presentation Slides
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File Type: pptx
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The Value of the Academic Library
The American Library Association Conference, Anaheim, California
June 22, 2012 hosted by Counting Opinions

This half-day workshop discussed the concepts of value, the value of information, the value of information services and concluded with the many ways you can attempt to place a value on the academic library. 
Workbook Handout
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File Type: docx
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