Client List

SELECTED CLIENT LIST

S. R. Kent LLC, Consultants was established in 2008 with Susan Kent as Managing Partner.  Susan works with community members, library staff, library Board members, elected officials, architects and other key stakeholders to find innovative solutions that fit each client’s individual needs. A selection of some of the organization and libraries that Susan has worked with follows.

Bridgeport Public Library. Bridgeport, Connecticut

  • Master facilities plan.


Brooklyn Public Library. Brooklyn, New York

  • Executive recruitment – Chief Librarian.


Buffalo Erie County Public Library System. Buffalo, New York

  • Conceptualization and planning for renovation of 400,000 square foot Central Library
  • including new space for archives and special collections
  • Strategic plan 2010-2014.
  • Facilities and service assessment of 37 libraries.


Carmel Public Library. Carmel, California

  • Analysis and plan for library facilities improvement.


Chattanooga – Hamilton County Public Library. Chattanooga, Tennessee

  • Vision and planning for the future of the library system and its facilities.


County of Los Angeles Public Library. Downey, California

  • Strategic plan for library system serving 3.7 million people.


Dayton Public Library. Dayton, Ohio

  • Programming and planning for Main Library and sixteen branch libraries.


District of Columbia Public Library. Washington, D.C.

  • New vision and conceptual plan for the Martin Luther King Jr. Public Library
  • Programming for Martin Luther King Jr. Central Library (new or renovated).
  • Executive Recruitment – Library Director.


Enoch Pratt Free Library. Baltimore, Maryland

  • Strategic Plan.


Flint Public Library. Flint, Michigan

  • New service model and strategic plan.


City of Homestead. Homestead, Florida

  • Creation of new Cybrary/Library.


Houston Public Library. Houston, Texas

  • Master facilities and strategic plan.


Indianapolis Public Library. Indianapolis, Indiana

  • Master facilities plan.


Johnson County Public Library. Franklin, Indiana

  • Master facilities plan.


Johnson County Public Library. Overland, Kansas

  • Program and planning for new Monticello Branch Library.


Kansas City Public Library. Kansas City, Missouri

  • Planning for a new Central Library
  • Develop strategic initiatives related to governance and funding.


King Abdulaziz Center for World Culture. Dhahran, Saudi Arabia

  • Planning and implementing the Center Library, a 90,000 square foot facility and the first public library and archives in Eastern Saudi Arabia, including collections, technology, human resources, partnerships, facility, furnishing and equipment.


Lincoln City Libraries. Lincoln, Nebraska

  • Conceptual plan for new Main Library of more than 100,000 square feet.


Los Angeles Public Library. Los Angeles, California

  • Transitional leadership – served as Interim City Librarian and conducted executive recruitment for new City Librarian


Louisville Free Public Library. Louisville, Kentucky

  • Action (strategic) plan.
  • Executive recruitment – Library Director.


Metropolitan Library System. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

  • Executive Recruitment – Executive Director


Miami Dade Public Library. Miami, Florida

  • Strategic Plan.


Milwaukee Public Library. Milwaukee, Wisconsin

  • Organizational review and strategic planning assistance.


Missoula Public Library. Missoula, Montana

  • Program for new Central Library, children’s museum and two other cultural organizations.


Moreno Valley College. Moreno Valley, California

  • Planning for a new community college library.


Newark Public Library.  Newark, New Jersey

  • Executive Recruitment – Library Director


Oakville Public Library. Oakville, Canada

  • Strategic plan.


Omaha Public Library. Omaha, Nebraska

Executive recruitment – Library Director.


Omaha Do Space. Omaha, Nebraska

  • Governance and financial sustainability study


Ottawa Public Library. Ottawa, Canada

  • Building program for Central Library including new library service philosophy


Pitkin County Library. Aspen, Colorado

  • Strategic planning and space assessment for potential renovation and/or addition.
  • Programming for renovation and addition of library.


Princeton Public Library. Princeton, New Jersey

  • Executive Recruitment – Library Director.


San Francisco Public Library. San Francisco, California

  • Post Occupancy Evaluation of new Main Library
  • Facilities planning for renovations of branch libraries.


San Mateo Public Libraries. San Mateo, California

  • Master Plan for Maker Spaces


Seattle Public Library. Seattle, Washington

  • Seattle Central Library – site selection, facilities planning.
  • Capital facilities needs and strategic planning.


Sno-Isle Intercounty Rural Library District. Marysville, Washington

  • Executive Recruitment – Executive Director


Sonoma County Public Library. Rohnert Park, California

  • Public service staffing analysis.


Sudbury Public Library. Sudbury, Canada

  • Plan for new Main Library and art museum.


City of Surprise, Arizona

  • Facilities, governance and funding plan.


Toledo Public Library. Toledo, Ohio

  • Strategic plan for library system.
  • Executive recruitment – Deputy Library Director.





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