About Joan

For more than 25 years, Joan Frye Williams has been a successful librarian, consultant, vendor, planner, trainer, evaluator, and user of library services. Since 1996, she has been an independent consultant specializing in innovation, technology, and the service needs and preferences of non-library "civilians." ...read more

Services

Joan’s services are designed to smooth the transition from where libraries are today to where they need to be tomorrow. If you are ready to focus on the future of your services, facilities, staffing, management, partnerships, or budget, Joan can get you started, get you unstuck, or facilitate a comprehensive planning and design process. Think of it as change insurance. ...read more

New & Next

  • Gotta Love Those Humans!

    I am doing some serious mulling since reading Eldar Shafir’s compilation of psychological and economic research, The Behavioral Foundations of Public Policy (Princeton University Press, 2013).  If you’re an applied science geek like I am, you may also be fascinated by ...read more