{"id":3270,"date":"2019-03-07T15:06:06","date_gmt":"2019-03-07T19:06:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/?p=3270"},"modified":"2026-03-05T14:42:23","modified_gmt":"2026-03-05T18:42:23","slug":"aaron-cohen-library-consultant-experience","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/blog\/aaron-cohen-library-consultant-experience\/","title":{"rendered":"Aaron Cohen Library Consultant Experience"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.acohen.com\/LOGO.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"121\" height=\"115\"\/><\/figure>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Despite being just 47 years ago, Aaron Cohen Associates, Ltd has snagged commissions in high-profile library projects that any consulting business in the world would envy.  <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Few firms of a comparable size have worked in three continents, and Alex Cohen, MLS (library consultant) is aware of the benefits of having worked around the world; The Cohen&#8217;s credit their library, archive and IT planning experiences with bringing awareness to user needs, bold methodologies that provide data \/ information and a diversity of experiences that help solve problems for our clients.  <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The firm was founded in 1972 by Aaron Cohen, AIA and Elaine Cohen, Med, where the two developed an architectural design business.  Their firms first project was a library planning workshop for the federal government.   Soon after they went on to develop over 1,000 academic, public, school, government and special libraries &#8212; and there the practice grew to include their son Alex Cohen, MLS . The team is based in the New York Hudson Valley with clients around the world.  <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD frequently experiments with library architecture and IT solutions, a theme we focus on includes adaptive library design &#8212; Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD &#8211; 5 modes of learning and user characterization studies keeps it fresh by staying pragmatically flexible i.e. we design our models based on the behavior of the user. <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\" alt=\"\" width=\"146\" height=\"233\"\/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.acohen.com\/\">Contact Aaron Cohen Associates, LTD <br>Library Consultant<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite being just 47 years ago, Aaron Cohen Associates, Ltd has snagged commissions in high-profile library projects that any consulting business in the world would envy. 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