Sandra is a consultant, speaker, trainer, and writer specializing in public library planning and management issues. She is a leader in the development of planning and management tools for public librarians and is the Senior Editor of the Public Library Association (PLA) Results series, an integrated library of planning and resource allocation manuals.

Sandra is the author or co-author of four of the books in Results series, including The New Planning for Results, the foundation of the series. She has used her planning expertise to help library managers, staff, and board members to develop strategic plans in dozens of public libraries of all sizes.

Sandra is a prolific trainer and over the past thirty years, she has presented hundreds of training programs in 47 states. Her workshops address the unique needs of public library staff members and reflect her thirty-four years of public library experience. She presents practical hands-on training "with a clarity and energy rarely found in Library Land!" (Clare Gearhart, Rio Rancho NM Library).

Sandra's resumé is available as an Adobe Acrobat file if you would like more information about her background. If you do not have the Adobe Acrobat Reader you can download it free from the Adobe Acrobat web site.

© Sandra Nelson, 2007