I’m Angela Kublik. It’s nice to meet you.
I spent 20 years embedded in the community as a public librarian. From performing with puppets at story time to donning steel-toe boots for a tour of a under-construction library that I helped design, I’ve done it all.
While I loved helping library patrons find the perfect book to read, it was time for something new. So I spent two years working with Dymphny Dronyk at House of Blue Skies Consulting, doing an intense apprenticeship in community and stakeholder engagement. I helped organize and facilitate drop-in open houses that hundreds attended, and I did one-on-one interviews when confidentiality was crucial. I discovered that the listening, strategic planning, and community engagement skills I had honed during my time in libraries served me well, even as I learned new tools and best practices.
Now, I’m thrilled to return my focus to libraries, and I am excited to support the crucial work of libraries as a strategic planning consultant. I know firsthand how important having an effective strategic plan is – the Plan of Service I developed with the Fort Saskatchewan Public Library Board during my tenure as Library Director was a key tool that helped us successfully advocate for an expanded space, which transformed the 1980s 10,000 sq. ft. library to a modern 17,000 sq. ft. facility. I was proud to manage the entire project, from space needs assessment through public plebiscite, design, and construction to grand opening.
Interested in working with me? Send me an email – I’d love to hear about your project.
Recent Projects
- Grande Prairie Public Library – Strategic plan consulting, 2025.
- Carstairs Public Library – Strategic plan consulting and community engagement, 2025.
- Yellowhead Regional Library System – Strategic Plan consulting and stakeholder engagement, 2024-2025.
- Leduc Public Library – Strategic plan consulting and community engagement, 2024-2025.
- Alberta Children and Family Services – Facilitation, research, analysis, writing and Secretariat support services for the Child, Youth and Family Enhancement Act (CYFEA) Review (with Bronze Horse Communications), 2024-2025.
- Westlock Intermunicipal Library Board – Interim Director contract, assessment of library services and report, 2024-2025.
- City of Leduc Family and Community Support Services – Facilitated staff strategic planning sessions, 2024.
- City of Edmonton – Communications Plan for the “2024 Community Plan to Prevent and End Homelessness” and related creative assets (with Bronze Horse Communications), 2023-2024.
- Fort Saskatchewan Public Library Board – Plan of Service consulting and stakeholder engagement, 2023.
- Heartland Community Commons, Fort Saskatchewan – Community engagement, business plan development, web copy, governance support (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2022-2023.
- Aspen Regional Water Services Commission, Athabasca – Facilitation and engagement (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2022-2023.
- City of Beaumont, St. Vital Water and Wastewater Renewal Program – Stakeholder engagement including open houses and door-to-door campaigns (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2022-2023.
- Stella Jones, Lufkin, Texas – Engagement and development of engagement policy, procedures, and toolkit, (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2023.
- City of Edmonton, Victoria Promenade Bike Lane – Facilitation at open houses, data analysis, and report writing (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2022.
- City of Edmonton, Growth Management Framework – Notetaking, data analysis, and report writing (with House of Blue Skies Consulting), 2021-2022.
Previous Experience
Strathcona County Library
Manager, Adult Services (2015-2021)
Led and managed library services for the adults of Strathcona County, including information and referral services, readers advisory, collection development (physical and e-collections), digital literacy, programming, community development, and the use and development of adult spaces in the library. Designed new services for target audiences and led the transformation of existing services to address emerging community needs. Contributed to library wide planning and built relationships with community agencies. Recruited, supervised, trained, and mentored 13 department staff. Developed budgets and monitored expenses related to department collections, staffing, training, operations, and equipment.
- Led the development of SCL’s first digital literacy strategy to meet key objectives of the library’s Plan of Service.
- Worked as part of the Management Team to provide leadership and support to SCL staff and develop temporary library services for the public following SCL’s six-month displacement by an explosion in November 2018.
- Worked as part of the Management Team to develop and implement the library’s Covid-19 response.
Fort Saskatchewan Public Library
Library Director (2006-2014)
Planned, organized, directed, and managed all aspects of library services under the direction of the library board, including collections, staffing, facility management, library services and programs. Worked with the library board to develop strategic plans and policies. Developed and nurtured positive working relationships and partnerships with city administration, provincial agencies, community groups and other public libraries.
- Provided leadership through a period of immense growth and change, including transforming the 1980s 10,000 sq. ft. library to a modern 17,000 sq. ft. facility; from space needs assessment through public plebiscite, design, and construction to grand opening.
- Worked with the library board to successfully lobby city council for additional financial support, which resulted in the operating budget more than doubling in eight years, from $455,000 in 2006 to $1,373,600 in 2014. Among other initiatives, funds were allocated to create a second full-time, permanent Librarian position.
- Implemented RFID technology, including the complete tagging of library collections, self-check units, and a sorter.
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