Library Planning Experience

Aaron Cohen Associates LTD (ACA) has been programming, designing, and building libraries for years. We provide experience and guidance that results in new services, long term planning, and fundraising for new libraries.

We have standards for public libraries and academic libraies. We analyze archives, collections, user spaces, and staff operations spaces. We have models for user behavior and strategies to satisfy community growth. Our library consultants provide expert guidance in the field of library architecture, space planning and library information technology.


LIBRARY CONSULTANT EXPERIENCE

Aaron Cohen Associates LTD (ACA) is a library technology planning and architectural consulting firm that has been in business for over 50 years. We support libraries in the USA and beyond: we have completed 1,500 library planning studies that range from public services to digital libraries.


LIBRARY CONSULTANT LINKS

learning commons


LIBRARY FACILITIES

The library consulting business started by focusing on facilities planning. Basically, Aaron Cohen AIA created standards for library building projects. Today, the library and consultant planning methods support ever evolving library, technology, education, archive, preservation, and architecture efforts; it is why we have clients both around the corner and around the world. Contact Us


OUTCOMES

Our work follows a rational and methodical process, integrating onsite library planning workshops and online / video conferencing sessions. Our studio develops work products that relate to the specification of digital libraries, information services, educational solutions, learning commons, library staffing and space planning / architectural programming.


COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES

Since 1972, Aaron Cohen Associates LTD, Library Consultant, has drawn on our wealth of library space planning and programming experiences to assist in the application of library systems and service upgrades. Libraries around the world request our community engagement sessions to explore the development of new buildings, renovations, and additions. We provide consensus building workshops, including the development of new libraries, operations, collections, and storage systems. Our experience is broad, with projects ranging in size from small public libraries to large academic libraries.

community engagement workshops


LIBRARY PROGRAMMING

Library programming enables libraries and businesses to develop a list of space requirements. It can also be used to define the digital library services and operations requirements; strategic services that will increase support for your users behavior. Branding spaces and services can be achieved through library programming. The work resides in simple spreadsheets, supported by our library consulting methodology for modern library operations and architecture.

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