In a fast-changing, increasingly digital world, libraries can’t afford to stagnate. LibraryIQ Advisory Services help libraries adapt, innovate, and thrive in the digital age.
STRATEGIC PLANNING
Your library is unique. Your strategic plan should be too. We can help.
FACILITY ASSESSMENT & PLANNING
Envision and develop a facility that gets community members in the door.
The IQ Difference
Driven by Data
All advisory services include one year of access to the LibraryIQ Platform. The LibraryIQ Platform is used to inform decisions by analyzing crucial data and comparing it to state and national averages and peer libraries of similar size and budget.
Public Engagement Done Differently
A variety of proven methods ensure high-quality input from the public, library stakeholders, and staff. Much more than surveys, LibraryIQ builds a website for each client to serve as a central access point for engagement and feedback. Website engagement tools can include a map to request location-based services, a “big idea” tool for gathering new ideas, online community forum, library priorities ranking, and focus group registration.
Rather than rote “what do you want from your library” questions, skilled facilitators uncover community needs and opportunities for innovation.
Community-Wide Insights
LibrarylQ's methodology for public engagement ensures all members of the community are represented and reflected. Using much more than surveys and focus groups, LibrarylQ builds a public engagement website for each client with compelling, easy to use feedback tools. Equity is achieved by using non-traditional methods to include hard to reach populations and make certain their voices are heard
Staff & Board Involvement
A planning project is only as strong as the staff and leaders who support it. In partnership with LibraryIQ Advisory, staff learn a great deal about their Library, community, unique role in ensuring plan success, and gain experience for career development.
Backed by Decades of Experience
LibraryIQ consultants combine experience collaborating with more than 1,300 successful libraries with deep understanding of best practices, emerging trends, and strong commitment to community-wide engagement. Consultants have current, real-world experience in library management, governance, funding, technology, and trends in library services.
Success Stories
Strategic Planning
How New Port Richey Public Library Raised Funds, Boosted Usage, and Improved Public Transit Access
Library Operations Assessment
How Siouxland Libraries Transformed into a Community Hub for Connection, Learning, and Engagement
Strategic Planning
How Yuba County Library Expanded Operating Hours, Enhanced Services, and Boosted Community Engagement
Clients
Batavia Public Library, IL
California EPA Library, CA
Camarillo Public Library, CA
Collegedale Public Library, TN
Corona Public Library, CA
Craighead County Jonesboro Public Library, AR
Delaware Division of Libraries
Escondido Public Library, CA
Ethel M. Gordon Oakland Park Library, FL
Fargo Public Library, ND
Finney County Public Library, KS
Fraser Public Library, MI
Grayslake Area Public Library, IL
Given Memorial Library, NC
Lena Armstrong Public Library, TX
Livonia Public Library, MI
Matanuska-Susitna Borough Libraries, AK
Marion County Public Library System, WV
Musser Public Library, Muscatine, IA
New Port Richey Public Library, FL
Oberlin Public Library, OH
Osceola Library System, FL
Palmdale City Library, CA
Prince George’s County Memorial Public Library System, MD
Riverside County Library System, CA
Shasta Public Libraries, CA
Simi Valley Public Library, CA
Siouxland Libraries, SD
St. Charles City-County Library, MO
St. Mary’s County Public Library, MD
Upland Public Library, CA
Township of Upper Providence, PA
United States Army Robert F. Sink Library, KY
Yuba Public Library, CA
Westland Public Library, MI