Speaker: FORTIFY Segment

Friday, October 18, 2013

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Carson Block has led, managed, and supported library technology efforts for more than 15 years.  His efforts at his first library position at the Loveland, Colorado Public Library (beginning in 1994) resulted in the first broadband Internet connection and public access computers for the library. The line was also the first major Internet connection for the city government complex of Loveland!

 

Carson brings a user-centered technological perspective, with an emphasis on solutions that are both transparent and powerful, with some “gee whiz” thrown into the mix.

 

Carson’s passions include leading technology visioning and planning, creating highly-functional work groups, technical design (including infrastructure, RFID, points of self-service, and more), and project management with a focus on technology solutions that powerfully serve the impacts each library has in the community it serves.

 

Current consulting projects include library construction projects; technology program planning and budgeting; facilities master planning; IT department gap analysis; executive coaching;  IT Manager search services; workshops for organizational technology visioning; and more.  Carson is also teaching a library technology management class accredited by the American Library Association.