Webinar – Coffee with Consultants

Free Event
August 7, 2025
4pm Eastern
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Free event Coffee with Consultants, August 7, 2025 at 4pm Eastern timeDo you have questions about consulting in libraries?

Join three consultants as they discuss the process of starting a business, finding customers, managing challenges, and remaining ethically oriented in a constantly changing field.

Our Guests:

Robin Fay is an instructor at LibraryJuice Academy and a metadata/systems analyst who consults with a variety of projects for federal agencies and educational institutions. Her interests are the intersection of technology, data, and users, focusing on leveraging data to build better systems and experiences. Connect with her at linkedin.com/in/robinfay or via linktr.ee/robinfay

Nisha Mody (she/her) is a Liberatory Life Coach, Facilitator, and Writer. She is passionate about making spaces trauma-informed, relational, and meaningful. She worked as the Associate Director of the Network of the National Library of Medicine for the Pacific Southwest Region and as a Health & Life Sciences Librarian at UCLA  with previous careers as a Speech-Language Pathologist, Voiceover Actor, Recruiter, and IT Consultant. Nisha is a professional speaker and provides trauma-informed life and leadership coaching for individuals and organizations in 1:1 and group settings. You can connect with her through her email list, Instagram, BlueSky, and LinkedIn.

Jennifer Sweeney is a management planning and evaluation consultant for libraries, government agencies, and non-profit organizations, and a lecturer at the Information School, San Jose State University.  After 18 years as a professional librarian, she has logged over 20 years of evaluation research in library program planning, process analysis, strategic and facilities planning, environmental action, diversity, literacy, and human services support.  Dr. Sweeney’s research has included numerous studies on library program impact and quality, and educational program outcomes for minority and disadvantaged populations. She was the 2010 recipient of the American Library Association Diversity Research Grant, awarded to support a national study of library services to juveniles in detention. She earned her MSLS degree from Catholic University and A PhD in Information Studies from UCLA. 

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