Why use Ken Chad Consulting?

Ken Chad Consulting Limited has a great track record in working with government, HE institutions, local authorities, sector bodies and companies. We enable our clients to achieve their objectives in a timely, effective and economic fashion. We provide  powerful and innovative methodologies, flexible additional capacity and expertise in library, archive and information technology. We help with strategy,  innovation and user experience, needs analysis, market analysis and procurement of solutions. We are independent and impartial. Our in-depth experience and understanding of the library, archive and information sector is unrivalled and is combined with rigorous and innovative methodologies. Furthermore we have a detailed and strategic understanding of the related technologies and issues.

Ken Chad Consulting manages the following free, open access community resources:

• Higher Education Library Technology – HELibTech 
• Local Government Library Technology (public libraries)  – LGLibTech 

Testimonials

“Ken worked with us to confirm and document the NLI’s high-level requirements for a new library and archive solution. He impressed us with his ability to engage with and enthuse a wide cross section of staff. In addition he delivered a well evidenced analysis of the library and archive system market  and a clear set of recommendations. He has saved us much time and effort and put us in a good position to take the next steps in procurement. Eoghan Ó Carragáin, Head of Digital Collections, National Library of Ireland

 ‘In a short period the project covered a lot of ground and provided very valuable outputs. It has given WRL a sound basis to move forward’. Claire Knowles, Associate Director, Research & Digital Futures at Leeds University. Research system options for White Rose Libraries (WRL)

“Ken’s approach to stakeholder engagement is inclusive and very effective, and he knows the LMS [library management system] market inside out, so his input was immensely valuable and we are very pleased with the outcomes of the project. Helen Bingham. Head of Knowledge and Library Services (Resource Discovery), Directorate of Innovation, Transformation and Digital. Health Education England

“We worked with Ken to establish our platform and technology solutions in higher education. It was a new market for us and Ken’s knowledge of the HE market was vital. He found our first customer and worked with us and the university to better understand researcher needs so we could develop, what is now, a very successful range of solutions”.  Ben Summers. Founder, Haplo

“Ken’s expertise was invaluable. He worked with us on requirements and an evaluation schema to make for a much-improved procurement process. He knows the marketplace extremely well and his focused analysis with key factors for the relevant vendors was very helpful”. Paul Reynolds, Keele University librarian

“Ken’s methodical approach, engaging workshops and deep understanding of the issues and the market has helped to put us in a good position to realise our ambition to make an innovative step change in service delivery”. Christine Middleton Associate Director (Content and Discovery) University of Nottingham

Ken’s approach and methodologies were clear and the associated workshops engaging and enjoyable. We found the work on value propositions especially useful in helping to clearly articulate what is important especially in terms of making a business case for funding. (Cambridge University archival management system). Dr Suzanne Paul. Keeper of Manuscripts and University Archives, Cambridge University Library

The Chartered Society of Physiotherapy commissioned Ken Chad Consulting to undertake a review of the library service, including the best use of space, services and technologies. ‘Ken’s contribution was invaluable. He enabled us to cover a lot of ground in a short time and provided very informed and helpful recommendations based on well thought through methodologies. We found it a really interesting and engaging experience.Mark Monaghan, Business Manager, Practice and Development