Vermont Library Association
| 2009 Keynote Speaker |
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Marshall Keys founded MDA Consulting after a decade as Executive Director of NELINET, the largest library organization in New England, to pursue his interest in the effects of large-scale social, economic, political, and technological change on libraries and other information-intensive organizations. He encourages librarians to think strategically by serving as a facilitator in their planning processes and by demonstrating and teaching the art of environmental scanning. He holds a Ph.D. in English from Vanderbilt and a Master’s in Library Science from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He has taught as an adjunct at the School of Information and Library Studies at the University of North Carolina and at the Graduate School of Information and Library Studies at Simmons College. | ||
Mr. Keys won the 1999 Emerson Greenaway Award, given by the New England Library Association for outstanding career contributions to librarianship. In July, 2000, he was named to the National Advocacy Honor Roll by the Association of Library Trustees and Advocates. The citation said, "Each time you listen to Marshall speak or read a column he wrote, you are challenged, energized, and proud to serve in the library profession." In September, 2000, he was named a Distinguished Alumnus by the University of North Carolina School of Information and Library Studies. He has done workshops and served as a facilitator for strategic planning in many public and academic libraries in the US and Canada. Marshall Keys has also given keynote speeches for many national and international conferences in the library and information field. Marshall was featured in the March, 2004 issue of Information Link. |
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He and his wife Sandy live in Nantucket, Massachusetts, where he reads, writes, cooks, listens to classical music, and goes shellfishing. |
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