Services
Driven by the desire for social change, librarian Brandy King
helps nonprofits and small businesses succeed by:
Finding information
When you have access to high-quality information, your team will make evidence-based decisions.
- Research collection and overview to provide background information on a given topic.
- Location of data (e.g. demographics, sales, health conditions, etc) to support your work.
- Alert services to keep you updated daily/monthly/quarterly about the latest news, research and resources.
Organizing information
When your information is easily findable, your team will save time and money.
- Creation and maintenance of customized databases for both internal and external use.
- Creation of customized metadata (tags, keywords, authority lists, thesauri, taxonomies) so that users can search in a variety of ways.
- Documentation of standards and procedures for ongoing cataloging of materials.
Sharing information
When you effectively share information online, you will increase engagement with your target audience.
- Design and setup of websites, Facebook pages, Twitter streams, blogs, and email newsletters.
- Communication strategy development customized to your particular audience, budget and abilities.
- Training on technical aspects and best practices of managing online communication outlets.
- Direct management and content development for online communication outlets.
Speaking
Brandy is regarded as an engaging and enthusiastic speaker who can break down complicated concepts and processes for all to understand.
A selection of groups Brandy has been invited to present to:
- Special Libraries Association Annual Conference & INFO-EXPO
- Massachusetts Health Science Libraries Network Annual Meeting
- Children’s Hospital Boston Academy
- Harvard Medical School Adolescent Medicine Continuing Education Conference
- Boston Knowledge Management Forum
- Campaign for a Commercial-Free Childhood Annual Summit
- Consortium for Foundation Libraries
About
Brandy King, MLIS, FSLA
Knowledge Linking was established in 2011 by Brandy King. Ms. King is a skilled and respected independent information professional with a Master’s degree in Library and Information Science and two decades of experience in nonprofit health and social science research.
Ms. King is a Fellow of the Special Libraries Association, has held several board level positions in professional associations, and abides by the Association of Independent Information Professionals' code of ethics. She excels at applying innovative thinking to information management challenges and providing information to make evidence-based decisions.
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