January 20, 2010 - LAC, announced its agreement with the Library Resources Group (LRG) to power the Library Career Center for LibraryWorks.com & LibrariansYellowPages.com. Read the press release here.
December 18, 2009 - LAC’s Nancy Maloney at BP in Naperville, IL was named Library Champion by SLA IL for her contribution to the SLA centennial celebration including obtaining a proclamation from Richard M. Daley, mayor of the city of Chicago, and congratulations from the Illinois Secretary of State and State Librarian, Jesse White, honoring SLA's 100th anniversary. Congratulations Nancy!
November 23, 2009 - LAC receives 2009 Best of Beverly Hills Award by the US Commerce Association (USCA). Each year, the USCA identifies companies that have achieved exceptional marketing success in their local community and business category. These are local companies that enhance the positive image of small business through service to their customers and community. Read the press release here.
November 17, 2009 - LAC ranked #67 on list of 100 Fastest Growing Private Companies in 2009 by the LA Business Journal
November 12, 2009 - LAC recruiter Brad Rogers was awarded the 2009 Meritorious Service Award Southern California Chapter of the Special Libraries Association on October 30th for single-handedly managing the Chapter’s 2008 Karen Sternheim Scholarship Fundraiser. Congratulations Brad!
October 2009:
Congratulations to Robert W. McKay for winning the Illinois Librarian of the Year Award!
Elisa Topper, Director of Staffing for the Chicago Office of LAC presents the Illinois Librarian of the Year Award to Robert W. McKay, former Executive Director of the Prairie Area Library System at the Annual Conference in Peoria, Illinois on October 8, 2009.
September 23, 2009 - LAC's Beth Maser has an article featured in AALL Spectrum magazine titled "Planning for Succession: Your Guide to Creating and Implementing a Library Succession Plan." For the full article, click here.
August 28, 2009 - Strategic Staffing Associates (SSA), LAC's legal staffing division, was named the People’s Choice for the Best Firm Recruiter in Law Week Colorado’s Barrister’s Best 2009!
August 12, 2009 - DuPage Library System Announces Tom Sloan as New Executive Director. The search was conducted by LAC and led by our VP of Recruiting, Keith Gurtzweiler.For the press release, click here.
July 29, 2009 - Library Associates Companies (LAC) has been commissioned to study the staffing, organization, and work flow at Oak Brook Public Library to find $300,000 worth of cuts in the library budget. For the full article, click here.
July 22, 2009 - LAC in conjunction with Miriam Pollack + Associates are happy to announce Cedar Rapids Public Library's selection of Robert Pasicznyuk as their new Library Director. For the full article, click here.
July 5, 2009 - LAC's President and CEO, Deb Schwarz, explains LAC's relationship with Oak Brook Public Library in a recent article, "Oak Brook could privatize library as a 'last resort'." For the full article, click here.
Sharon Davis, Director of Legal Staffing at LAC's Strategic Staffing Associates, weighs in on what makes a well-rounded lawyer in Law Week Colorado - June 22, 2009
June 14, 2009: LAC Announces New Chief Operations Officer (COO), Robert Corrao! Read the press release here.
May 2009:
Congratulations to LAC's Debbie Buschman for winning DLS's Staff Support Award! Deborah Buschman is a Document Delivery Specialist on assignment for LAC at BP Central Research Library in Naperville, IL. Ms. Buschman was nominated for this award by those at BP who saw her as a leader, an innovator, and a change agent who models the best in library service. Read more here.
May 2009: LAC Hired to Conduct Executive Director Search for DuPage Library System - read about its progress at DLS e-News here.
30 April 2009: Strategic Staffing Associates (SSA) Opens New Specialized Legal Research Division - read the whole press release here.
9 February 2009: Beth Maser Joins Library Associates Companies (LAC) as Senior Director, Professional Services - read the whole press release here.
8 February 2009: LAC's Deb Schwarz and Keith Gurtzweiler quoted in an article, "Digital Archivists, Now in Demand", in The New York Times! Read the article here.
6 February 2009: Library Associates Companies (LAC) Finalize Agreement with DuPage Library System (DLS) to Provide Staffing Services - read the whole press release here.
31 December 2008: Library Associates Companies and Library Strategies have formed a unique partnership to help libraries and library organizations address their staffing needs. The LAC-Library Strategies partnership offers public libraries solutions to staffing issues - read the whole press release here.
10 December 2008: Library Associates Companies has received a 2008 Best of Beverly Hills Award! Read the announcement.
LAC's Survey Results Are In! (Oct. 20)
The purpose of the survey was to give you an opportunity to let us know, anonymously if you preferred, what you liked about working for LAC, what you don’t like, and what changes or adjustments you would like us to implement. Of course there are some things we can’t change- to death and taxes I would add insurance plans, although we are in close communication with our various providers to negotiate the best deals that we can.
Michael Chesnes, Science Reference Librarian at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, will be the editor of the next 10 issues of Star Dust Magazine, a publication of the Washington, DC-area National Capital Astronomers, Inc., a non-profit organization that advances space technology, astronomy and related sciences through education: lectures, presentations, publications, expeditions, and other means. (Sep. 5)
Michael Chesnes, Science Reference Librarian, Charles Early, Engineering Librarian, Pat Lynch, Clerk, and April Tinsley, Interlibrary Loan Technician, LAC employees at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, received warm kudos from a library patron for their dedication to excellent service. The patron, a visiting physicist in the heliostudies laboratory over the past four summers, cited the staff for their exemplary service and their attention to the individual patron. (Sep. 4)
LAC employees recognized for excellent work, July 16, 2008
Bridget Burns, Collections and Outreach Librarian, and Charles Early, Engineering Librarian, LAC employees at the NASA Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt MD, were recognized for their excellent work at a recent awards ceremony. Charles received a Contractor Excellence Award for his exemplary reference and research services. Bridget received a Contractor Innovation Excellence Award for her efforts launching a pilot for the MyiLibrary e-book service.
LAC's June Newsletter, June 12, 2008
I am very pleased to announce a special private viewing for our newsletter subscribers only for our soft
launch of LibGig - a new careers and community site that is the first of its kind in our field!
The Special Libraries Association (SLA) - Petroleum & Energy Resources (PER) Division is pleased to announce that Joyce Fedeczko is the recipient of the 2008 PER Special Achievement Award. The PER Special Achievement Award is given to a current or past member of the PER Division who has made a substantial achievement of significant importance to the Division.
Library Associates Companies Staff Lead Project to Reintegrate Salvaged and Restored Materials into the Tulane University Libraries Catalog and Collection.
Tulane University and vendor Library Associates Company (LAC) hosted an open house on April 16 to mark the first materials to be returned to the Howard Tilton Memorial Library shelves restored by the Tulane Libraries Recovery Center.
At this year’s SSP Librarian Focus Group, a diverse set of librarians shared their views on topics including copyright, interlibrary loan, archiving, social networking, usage statistics. The packed house of publishers and other electronic resources providers were given the opportunity to submit questions beforehand to ensure that their issues would be addressed.
The Chronicle of Higher Education, April 7, 2008
More than two and a half years after Tulane University’s library was flooded with eight feet of water in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, a recovery team has begun returning 210,000 salvaged items to its shelves, it was announced last week.
Tulane Libraries Recovery Center Celebrates Integration of Restored Books to Howard Tilton Memorial Library Collection, April 2, 2008
Library Associates Companies (LAC) is pleased to announce that the first materials restored by the Tulane Libraries Recovery Center project team have been returned to the shelves of Howard-Tilton Memorial Library at Tulane University. The Recovery Center was created in response to the damage done to library materials during and in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005. The basement of Tulane University’s Howard-Tilton Memorial Library - an area about the size of a football field - was flooded with approximately eight feet of water. The basement housed a music library and a very large collection of government documents, newspapers, and microforms. In addition to the main library, Jones Hall, which houses the library’s Special Collections, received about four feet of water.
LAC Recruits SirsiDynix's New CEO, June 19, 2007
LAC is proud to announce that we worked with Vista Equity partners to successfully recruit the new CEO, Gary M. Rautenstrauch, for SirsiDynix. We wish both Gary and SirsiDynix the best of luck — and a long, mutually beneficial relationship. We know that Gary brings tremendous experience and insight to the library space — and the ILS market in particular. SirsiDynix's community of users and clients will all benefit from his leadership.
LAC awarded GSA Schedule 70 and 036 Contracts, June 18, 2007
ROCKVILLE, MD - Library Associates Companies was awarded their GSA Schedule 70 contract – Information Technology Professional Services – on August 21, 2006 and their Schedule 036 contract – The Office, Imaging and Document Solution – on May 23, 2007. GSA’s Federal Supply Schedules, also known, as Multiple Award Schedules (MAS) are contracts that allow federal customers to acquire products and services directly from commercial suppliers. Such contracts provide a vast array of commercial items and services that can be purchased quickly and easily from among qualified contractors and is the preferred contracting vehicle for doing business within the Federal Marketplace.
Outsourcing's Impact on Corporate Archiving and Library Functions , January, 2007
Deb Schwarz, CEO and President of Library Associates Companies, and our client, Ron Kirkpatrick, National Manager for Executive/Internal Communications at Toyota Motor Sales USA, discuss with Kathleen Goolsby how Library Associates Companies' consultants set up and maintain the physical and electronic corporate archives.
Library Associates Companies teams with Miriam Pollack + Associates on public library recruiting, December 11, 2006
BEVERLY HILLS, CA - LAC, a leader in recruiting and staffing solutions for libraries, recently formed an exciting partnership with Miriam Pollack + Associates, an Illinois-based library consulting firm. With considerable combined expertise in direct-hire recruiting, contract library staffing and consulting in areas of strategic planning, needs assessments and training, this partnership is poised to bring public libraries both expert advice and quality candidates.
NASA awards contract for information science and library services to Library Associates Companies, November 30, 2006
GREENBELT, MD - November 30, 2006 - NASA has selected Library Associates Companies Of Maryland, Rockville, MD, to provide comprehensive technical support to the technical libraries at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD. and Wallops Flight Facility, Wallops Island, VA.
Congratulations to Robert W. McKay for winning the Illinois Librarian of the Year Award!
Congratulations to LAC's Debbie Buschman for winning DLS's Staff Support Award! Deborah Buschman is a Document Delivery Specialist on assignment for LAC at BP Central Research Library in Naperville, IL. Ms. Buschman was nominated for this award by those at BP who saw her as a leader, an innovator, and a change agent who models the best in library service. Read more 
