Training and Library Consulting
Client Comments

Here are some comments from satisfied clients and colleagues.

       

Carole is the type of consultant you would like to invite back. She relates well to widely diverse constituencies and helps to build consensus among them. Whether it is helping develop the long range plan, developing grant ideas and writing the grant, front line staff and management coaching, or planning and implementing staff development days, Carole delivers.

Stephen J. Crowley
Director Putnam County Library System
 

We are happy to report how easy it is to use our Youth Services Strategic Plan – and how way it fits into the County plan. Thank you for something logical! Thanks so much for believing in our ability to work through this process and have such a great finished product.

Youth Services Librarians
Sarasota County Library System

        
 

Carole Fiore offers her library clients’ years of experience both as a working librarian and as a consultant. She provides an efficient service (as scheduled with on time results for a reasonable fee) and results managers and staff can use to effect immediate service improvement.

Ruth O'Donnell
Library Consultan
 

Carole has a love for the written word that is completely infectious. You cannot hear her describe a book and not want to read it yourself. She makes the words come alive and the value of language become real. She is an asset to any program that is trying to find a way to engage young readers.

Carole has been my mentor as I have developed the Ready To Learn program here at a WFSU-TV the public broadcast station in the Big Bend area. When it comes to knowing who's who in the world of books, libraries and who is doing what in literacy Carole is the person to ask. We recently tapped into Carole's expertise in planning an early literacy symposium. She was a consultant as well as a presenter for the symposium. Her break-out session, Enticing Kids to Books and Reading won rave reviews from the childcare providers and teachers that attended.

When it comes to any question in the arena of literacy and education, Carole is the first person I call upon. She is a tremendous community resource.

Kim Kelling Engstrom
Director of Educational Services at WFSU
 
       

Carole's enthusiasm for youth services is contagious. Over the past several years, Carole and I have collaborated on projects and presentations and shared information related to youth services - space planning and design, online summer reading, and overall best practices. Her creativity and desire to make libraries successful in the area of youth services have been two of the main reasons I continue to collaborate with her.” August 20, 2010

Kimberly Bolan Cullin
Kimberly Bolan and Associates, LLC
 

Carole is a passionate believer in public libraries generally and their role in the lives of children and young adults in particular. If you need help with planning, decision-making, or evaluation in one of these contexts, she has the credentials, the knowledge, and the experience you want. With plenty of experience as a project manager as well as a coordinator of co-equals (colleagues or partners), Carole is someone on whom you can rely with confidence. October 22, 2009

Keith Curry Lance
Director , Library Research Service
Colorado State Library & University of Denver
 

It was great to work with Carole on our long range plan. Having never worked directly with a consultant before, she has eased my (and staff’s) anxieties about the process. She’s knowledgeable, competent, experienced, patient, encouraging, and a lot of fun. Her skills as a facilitator and writer are outstanding. She’s an idea person, but is practical as well. I’m glad she was available to work with us for this venture, and given to opportunity to do this again, I would choose her without reservation.

Julie Jones Hicks
George H. and Laura E. Brown Library

        
 
       

Carole's knowledge is extensive and extremely practical. She allows the class to have ownership in the workshop via class interaction and feed back as well as group projects which proved to be an extremely effective teaching style.

Diane H. Johnson, Youth Librarian,
Nassau County Public Library
 

Our elementary and middle school media specialists were very pleased with the strategies and techniques Carole demonstrated and described in her workshop. She provided opportunities for hand-on experiences that they could take back to their school libraries and use immediately.

Margie Hendry
Okefenokee R.E.S.A.

        
 
       

Carole is a leader in the nation in the area of youth services, keeping up with current trends and research. Her strength is also in facilitation and planning, and she has presented workshop throughout the country. I highly recommend her as a trainer and consultant.

Sue McCleaf Nespeca
Kid Lit Plus Consulting
 

My training in college was for secondary education, so Carole's workshop on emergent literacy was a wonderful opportunity. After participating in the workshop, I feel more confident now that I have the tools and materials for the appropriate age levels. This will help our staff and community to help kids prepare to read! I am so impressed with what I learned in such a short amount of time. This is the best youth services workshop I've attended in my 10 years of library work. I would recommend this to all library youth serving staff. I would attend anything presented by Carole.

Heather Gilham
Youth Librarian