Our Firm
Dubberly Garcia Associates, Inc. is a library consulting and research firm based in Atlanta and Denver. We provide services to help our clients achieve their full potential. We do this by assembling and deploying specialized consulting teams to work with our clients in identifying and developing the right vision, mission, priorities, strategies, organization, competencies, resources, and facilities for serving their customers. Our service goal is relevant excellence in response to each client's specific needs.
We know public libraries, the public library profession, and the public library community.
Our services to libraries and library-related organizations include:
- Executive searches.
- Long-range service planning.
- Facilities master plans.
- Library facility planning.
- Stakeholder needs identification.
- Opinion surveys and customer research.
- Technology planning.
- Organizational development.
- Staff training and development.
- Funding strategies, including public and private campaigns.
- Operations and management studies.
- Governance structure studies.
- Management audits and services.
DGA works with public libraries of all sizes. DGA's managing partners, Ronald Dubberly and June Garcia, bring strong expertise from a combined 44 years of successful top management and consulting experience in urban public libraries.
Mr. Dubberly is the former director of three library systems of varying sizes. Thus, he has a deep understanding of library systems and their needs. He led the Atlanta - Fulton [County] Public Library System (35-branches) for ten years; the Seattle Public Library (22-branches) for 12 years; and the Sioux City (Iowa) Public Library (seven-branches) for six years. He is a former administrator for the Riverside County Library System (California) and the Jersey City Free Public Library (New Jersey). He has also worked with the Baltimore County Public Library as a branch manager and administrative assistant to the Director. He also worked with the Jacksonville Public Library (Florida) in various positions before receiving his M.L.S. degree.
Ms. Garcia was the Director of the San Antonio Public Library System (18-branches) for six years. Prior to that, she worked with the Phoenix Public Library in several capacities. She was a branch manager and, subsequently, Library Extension Services Administrator with responsibility for managing all the branch libraries. Before going to Phoenix, she was a reference librarian with the Plainfield Public Library and the New Brunswick Public Library, both in New Jersey. She has also served CEO of the CARL Corporation, and as Vice President and Chief Ambassador of TLC/CARL, two major library automation companies providing integrated systems to public libraries and consortia.