Strategic Planning For Libraries
Aaron Cohen Associates LTD (ACA) Is your institution ready to transform its library into a modern learning environment?
Contact Aaron Cohen Associates to discuss how a comprehensive facilities planning program can enhance your library, increase utilization of scholarly resources, and support your educational mission. Their expertise in library reconfiguration and academic space transformation can help you create spaces that meet the evolving needs of 21st-century students.
We provide education workshops as part of our library planning approach. Here you can learn about modern library design principles, facilities planning methodologies, and consulting services. Whether you're planning a complete reconfiguration or targeted improvements, their evidence-based approach to library transformation can help you create spaces that break down barriers, enhance access, and support academic excellence.
Strategic library planning is an interactive process that enables libraries to envision their future, identify their goals, and develop actionable plans to achieve them. It's not simply about creating a document that sits on a shelf—it's about charting a course that responds to community needs, leverages organizational strengths, and positions your library for long-term success and sustainability.
Without strategic library service planning, libraries risk becoming reactive rather than proactive, responding to crises rather than preventing them, and missing opportunities to serve their communities in meaningful ways. In an era of competing demands for funding and shifting user expectations, service planning isn't just beneficial—it's essential.
Whether you're a library director embarking on your first strategic planning process, a board member seeking to understand the methodology, or a campus facilities management professional looking to refine your approach, our library consultants provide the framework and tools you need to create a modern library.