Alexander Cohen, MLS

As a Librarian, Project Leader and Manager at Aaron Cohen Associates (ACA), Alex Cohen heads a library-consulting firm with over 40 years of experience working with all types of libraries. His expertise includes space-planning assessments, improving efficiency, and special collection/archives management; academic libraries worldwide have benefited from his work.

His goal is to ensure that user needs are better met, through service innovations and changes to functions, collections and physical space. Some highlights of Alex’s career include: the University of Maryland (Hornbake Library); Stanford University Master Library Plan; University of Texas, Austin; Hillsborough County Library System; and the National Library of Greece. He is currently at work on the new Central Library in Dubai.