Consultant Dubberly Will Head LSSI's Library Management Operations
Norman Oder -- Library Journal, 01/09/2008
• Outsourcing company hires former advisor• Dubberly had long supported LSSI model
• Dubberly Garcia to close, but June Garcia to remain consultant
Ron Dubberly, a longtime library consultant and advisor to outsourcing company Library Systems & Services, LLC (LSSI), will become LSSI’s president of public library management operations, effective February 1. LSSI has recently gained new contracts, notably the reopened system in Jackson County, OR, and, while Dubberly’s position is new, the firm had not replaced Gordon Conable, executive vice president for public libraries, who died in January 2004.
Dubberly has more than 40 years of experience in the library field, having directed systems in Atlanta and Seattle and consulting for more than 11 years in the areas of strategic planning, facilities planning, and executive recruitment. After founding Dubberly Associates, he joined forces with June Garcia to create Dubberly Garcia Associates. Dubberly Garcia “will complete its current contracts and previously proposed obligations,” Dubberly told LJ; Garcia told LJ she will continue as a full-time consultant under her own name.
Dubberly was formerly on the LSSI Advisory Council; he praised LSSI’s contract with Riverside County, CA, in “Why Outsourcing Is Our Friend” (American Libraries, January 1998) and has occasionally consulted for LSSI. The company offers expertise to communities seeking turnkey management solutions and cuts costs in part by offering benefit packages not fully comparable to the public sector, as noted in LJ's coverage.
