Sandra Nelson Consulting

Sandra has worked with libraries in all 48 contiguous states. She facilitates planning process, provides evaluation and assessment services, designs and delivers training programs to meet each library's needs, and speaks at staff days and library conferences.

The client list at the is divided into five segments:

  1. Strategic Planning Services
  2. Evaluation and Assessment Services
  3. Instructional Design Services
  4. Training Programs
  5. Speaking Engagements

Strategic Planning

  • Arkansas River Valley Library System, Dardanelle, Arkansas
  • Baltimore County Public Library, Baltimore, Maryland (with Dubberly Associates, Inc.)
  • Boone County Public Library, Union, Kentucky
  • Calcasieu Parish Public Libraries, Lake Charles, Louisiana (with June Garcia LLC)
  • Catawba County Library, Newton, North Carolina
  • Central Florida Regional Library, Ocala, Florida
  • Chester County, Exton, Pennsylvania
  • Danbury Public Library, Danbury, Connecticut
  • Daviess County Public Library, Owensboro, Kentucky
  • Edwardsville Public Library, Edwardsville, Illinois
  • Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas (with Dubberly Associates, Inc.)
  • Georgia Public Library Service, Atlanta
  • Gwinnett County Public Library, Lawrenceville, Georgia
  • Indian Trails Public Library District, Wheeling, Illinois
  • Granville County Library, Oxford, North Carolina
  • Harrison County Library System, Biloxi, Mississippi (with June Garcia LLC)
  • Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo, Michigan
  • Kent District Library, Grand Rapids, Michigan
  • Kentucky Department of Library and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Las Vegas-Clark County Public Library, Las Vegas, Nevada (with Dubberly Associates, Inc.)
  • Logan County Public Library, Russellville, Kentucky
  • Manhattan Public Library, Manhattan, Kansas
  • Mesa Public Library, Mesa, Arizona
  • Mid-Columbia Library, Kennewick, Washington (with Dubberly Garcia Associates, Inc.)
  • Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, Missouri (/li>
  • Mid-York Library System, Utica, New York
  • MOLO Regional Library System, New Philadelphia, Ohio
  • Morton Grove Public Library, Morton Grove, Illinois
  • Murray Library, Murray, Utah
  • Muskegon Area District Library, Muskegon, Michigan
  • New York Public Library - The Branch Libraries
  • Northern Illinois Library System, Rockford, Illinois
  • NORWELD Regional Library System, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • River Forest Public Library, River Forest, IL
  • Rockwall County Library, Rockwall, Texas (with Ruth O'Donnell)
  • Salt Lake County Public Library, Utah (with Dubberly Garcia Associates, Inc.)
  • Schenectady County Library, Schenectady, New York
  • Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Shreve Memorial Library, Shreveport, LA
  • Solano County Library, Fairfield, California
  • Summit County Library System, Park City, Utah
  • Southern Adirondack Library System, Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Stratford Library Association, Stratford, Connecticut
  • Urbana Free Library, Urbana, Illionois
  • Warren-Newport Public Library District, Gurnee, Illinois
  • Washington County Free Library, Hagerstown, Maryland
  • Waukegan Public Library, Waukegan, Illinois

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Evaluation and Assessment Services

  • Jefferson County Library Cooperative, Inc., Birmingham, Alabama
  • Idaho State Library, Boise, Idaho
  • Kentucky Department of Library and Archives, Frankfort, Kentucky
  • Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine
  • Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, Pasadena, California (with Diane Mayo of Information Partners, Inc.)
  • Midland County Library, Midland, Texas (with June Garcia LLC)
  • Northern Illinois Library System, Rockford, Illinois
  • NORWELD Regional Library System, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • Pelham Public Libary, Pelham, Alabama
  • Pioneer Library System, Canandaigua, New York
  • State Library of North Carolina, Raleigh, North Carolina
  • Southern Adirondack Library System, Saratoga Springs, New York
  • Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville, Tennessee
  • WebJunction, Tech Atlas Project (with Diane Mayo of Information Partners, Inc.)

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Instructional Design Services

  • Public Library Association Results Boot Camp (2005-2010, 2012-2013) - instructional designer and presenter (with June Garcia)
  • Bucks County Library Initiative Initiative, a two-year, interactive, online program to help the library staff and board work together to develop innovative strategies to ensure that the Bucks County Free Library continues to be an essential service in the 21st century.
  • New York Library Trustees Online resource site, funded through a collaborative LSTA grant to eight New York library systems (with June Garcia)
  • International Network of Emerging Library Innovators - Cohorts 1 and 2 (INELI), funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (with June Garcia)
  • 2011 Grants to the State Conference hosted by the Institute of Museum and Library Services - assisted with the design and facilitation
  • E-Learn Libraries, an online training site for library staff and managers (with June Garcia)
  • PLA Turning the Page conferences, funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation – instructional design consultant
  • Nine PLA/CPLA courses - instructional design consultant
  • Supervisors' Academy, a seven-week, interactive, online training program for library supervisors (with June Garcia)
  • Instructional designer and facilitator of a process to adapt Strategic Planning for Results for use in public libraries in Alberta, Canada.

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Training Programs

  • Alabama Public Library Service, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Annual Continuing Education Forum, State Library Agency CE Coordinators, Charleston, South Carolina
  • Appalachian Regional Library, North Wilkesboro, North Carolina
  • Arizona Department of Library, Archives, and Public Records, Phoenix, Arizona
  • Arroyo Seco Library Network, Pasadena, California
  • Barren River Regional Library System, Bowling Green, Kentucky
  • Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Seattle, Washington
  • California State Library, Sacramento, California
  • Central Iowa Regional Library, Clive, Iowa
  • Chula Vista Public Library, Chula Vista, California
  • Cleveland Area Metropolitan Library System, Cleveland, Ohio
  • Colorado Department of Education, State Library, Denver, Colorado
  • COSLINE (Council of State Library Agencies in the Northeast)
  • David Stewart Memorial Library, Southfield, Michigan
  • Delaware State Library, Dover, Delaware
  • Finger Lakes Library System, Ithaca, New York
  • Fontana Regional Library, Bryson City, North Carolina
  • Gulf Coast Library Recovery Project, SOLINET
  • Heritage Trail Library System, Shorewood, Illinois
  • Houston Area Library System, Houston, Texas
  • Illinois State Library, Springfield, Illinois
  • Indiana State Library, Indianapolis, Indiana
  • Institute for Museum and Library Services, Washington, D.C.
  • Iowa State Library, Des Moines, Iowa
  • James V. Brown Library, Williamsport, Pennsylvania
  • Kansas City Metropolitan Library & Information Network, Independence, Missouri
  • LACONI (Library Administrators Conference of Northern Illinois)
  • Lancaster Community Library, Kilmarnock, Virginia
  • Lexington Public Library, Lexington, Kentucky
  • Library of Virginia, Richmond, Virginia
  • Lincoln Trails Library System, Elizabethtown, Kentucky
  • Los Angeles Public Library, Los Angeles, California
  • Maine State Library, Augusta, Maine
  • Memphis-Shelby County Public Library and Information System, Memphis, Tennessee
  • Metropolitan Cooperative Library System, Pasadena, California
  • Metrowest Massachusetts Regional Library System, Waltham, Massachusetts
  • Mid-Hudson Library System, Poughkeepsie, New York
  • Middletown Library Service Center, Middletown, Connecticut
  • MOLO Regional Library System, New Philadelphia, Ohio
  • Montana State Library, Helena, Montana
  • Montgomery Public Library, Montgomery, Alabama
  • Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
  • Nashville Area Library Alliance, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Nassau Library System, Nassau County, New York
  • Nelson County Library, Bardstown, Kentucky
  • New Mexico State Library, Santa Fe, New Mexico
  • NOLO Regional Library System, Warren, Ohio
  • North Central Library Service Area, Mason City, Iowa
  • Northeast Massachusetts Regional Library System, Andover, Massachusetts
  • North Suburban Library System, Wheeling, Illinois
  • Northern Illinois Library System, Rockford, Illinois
  • Northern Maine Library System, Bangor, Maine
  • NORWELD Regional Library System, Bowling Green, Ohio
  • Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Ohio Library Council, Columbus, Ohio
  • Oklahoma State Library, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
  • Pamunkey Regional Library, Hanover, Virginia
  • Peninsula Library System, San Mateo, California
  • Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
  • Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County, Cincinnati, Ohio
  • Public Library of Nashville and Davidson County, Nashville, Tennessee
  • Indian Trails Library System, Darien, Illinois
  • Ramapo Catskill Library System, Middleton, New York
  • San Francisco Public Library, San Francisco, California
  • Solano County Public Library, Fairfield, California
  • South Carolina Public Library, Columbia, South Carolina
  • South Central Kansas Library System, Hutchinson, Kansas
  • South Central Library System, Madison, Wisconsin
  • South Dakota State Library, Pierre, South Dakota
  • Southeastern Massachusetts Library System, Lakeville, Massachusetts
  • Southern Adirondack Library System, Saratoga Springs, New York
  • St. Louis Regional Library Network, St. Louis, Missouri
  • Stockton-San Joaquin County Public Library, Stockton, California
  • Suburban Library System, Burr Ridge, Illinois
  • Suffolk Library System, Bellport, New York
  • Texas State Library, Austin, Texas
  • Upper Hudson Regional Library System, Albany, New York
  • Wicomico Public Library, Salisbury, Maryland
  • Washington State Library, Olympia, Washington

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Conference and Staff Day Presentations

  • Alabama Library Association
  • American Library Association
  • Arizona State Library Association
  • Association for Rural and Small Libraries
  • Baldwin Public Library, Birmingham, Michigan
  • Bay City Public Library, Bay City, Texas
  • Birmingham Public Library, Birmingham, Alabama
  • Brentwood Public Library, Brentwood, Tennessee
  • Boone County Library, Union, Kentucky
  • California Library Association
  • The CARL Corporation, Denver, Colorado
  • Clarksville-Montgomery County Public Library, Clarksville, Tennessee
  • County Library of Los Angeles Public Library, Downey, California
  • Delaware Library Association
  • East Baton Rouge Parish Library, Baton Rouge, Louisiana
  • Elmhurst Public Library, Elmhurst, Illinois
  • Florida Library Association
  • Fort Worth Public Library, Fort Worth, Texas
  • Homewood Public Library, Homewood, Alabama
  • Genessee District Library, Flint, Michigan
  • Illinois Library Association
  • Iowa Library Association
  • Joplin Public Library, Joplin, Missouri
  • Kansas State Library Association
  • Keller Public Library, Keller, Texas
  • Kentucky Library Association
  • Kentucky Public Library Service Association
  • Library of Virgina, Richmond, Virgina
  • Los Angeles County Library, Los Angeles, California
  • Maryland Library Association
  • Mastics-Moriches-Shirley Community Library, New York
  • Minnesota Library Association
  • Missouri Library Association
  • Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
  • Muskingum County Library, Zanesville, Ohio
  • Ohio Library Council, Columbus, Ohio
  • Omaha Public Library, Omaha, Nebraska
  • Pamunkey Regional Library, Hanover, Virginia
  • Pasadena Public Library, Pasadena, California
  • Plano Public Library, Plano, Texas
  • Prince Georges County Memorial Library System, Hyattsville, Maryland
  • Public Library Association National Conferences and Spring Symposia
  • San Antonio Public Library, San Antonio, Texas
  • Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale, Arizona
  • Tennessee Library Association
  • Texas Library Association
  • Tulsa City-County Library System, Tulsa, Oklahoma
  • William P. Faust Public Library of Westland, Westland, Michigan

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