Gossage Sager Associates

Our Experience

Gossage Sager, formerly Gossage Regan, completed its first executive search for the Board of Directors of the Hartford ( Connecticut ) Public Library in 1983. Since then, we have conducted over 100 successful searches for libraries of all types and sizes. Following is a partial listing of our previous clients:

Academic Libraries:

Bronx Community College Library, Bronx, NY

Geisler Library, Central College, Pella, IA

City University of New York Libraries, New York , NY

Harvard Graduate School of Design Library, Cambridge , MA

Hofstra University Libraries, Hempstead , NY

Monmouth University, West Long Branch, NJ

Notre Dame University Libraries, Notre Dame, IN

Rutgers University , New Brunswick , NJ

St. Peter's College, Jersey City , NJ

Trinity University Library, San Antonio , TX

University of Massachusetts Dartmouth

University of MO at Kansas City, Kansas City, MO

Western Michigan University Libraries, Kalamazoo , MI

Associations:

American Association of Law Libraries, Chicago , IL

Appalachian College Association, Berea, KY

Historical Society Libraries:

Connecticut Historical Society

New Jersey Historical Society

Library Systems:

Alliance Library System, East Peoria, IL

INCOLSA, Indianapolis, IN

Lakeland Library Cooperative, Grand Rapids, MI

Library System of Lancaster County , Lancaster , PA

Mid-Hudson Library System, Poughkeepsie , NY

PALINET, Inc., Philadelphia , PA

Washington County Library System, Fayetteville , AR

Public Libraries:

Atlanta Fulton Library, Atlanta , GA

Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County , Charlotte , NC

Chester County Library System, Chester CO, PA

Chattahoochee Valley Regional Library, Columbus , GA

Cleveland Public Library, Cleveland , OH

Cuyahoga County Public Library , Cleveland , OH

Darien Library,Darien, CT

Des Moines Public Library , Des Moines, IA

Deschutes Public Library System, Bend, OR

East Brunswick Public Library, East Brunswick, NJ

Evanston Public Library, Evanston, IL

Fairfield Public Library, Fairfield, CT

District of Columbia Public Library, Washington , DC

Glenview Public Library, Glenview , IL

Grand Rapids Public Library, Grand Rapids , MI

Grace Dow Memorial Library, Midland , MI

Great Neck Library, Great Neck, NY

Greenwich Library, Greenwich, CT

Hannibal Free Public Library, Hannibal, MO

Hedberg Public Library, Janesville, WI

Houston Public Library, Houston , TX

Jacksonville Public Library, Jacksonville , FL

Kalamazoo Public Library, Kalamazoo , MI

Kansas City Public Library, Kansas City , MO

Lake Villa Library District, Lake Villa , IL

Lancaster Public Library, Lancaster, PA

Lawrence Public Library, Lawrence , MA

Linebaugh Public Library System, Murfreesboro, TN

Live Oak Public Library, Savannah , GA

McCracken County Public Library, Paducah, KY

Mamaroneck Public Library District, Mamaroneck , NY

Metropolitan Library System, Oklahoma City , OK

Monroe County Library System, Monroe , MI

Montclair Public Library , Montclair, NJ

New Britain Public Library, New Britain , CT

New York Public Library, New York , NY

Newark Public Library, Newark , NJ

Newport Beach Public Library, Newport Beach , CA

Omaha Public Library, Omaha , NE

Onondaga County Public Library , Syracuse , NY

Osterhout Free Library, Wilkes-Barre, PA

Palatine (IL) Public Library District

Peoria Public Library, Peoria , IL

Pikes Peak Library District, Colorado Springs, CO

Prince George's County Memorial Library System, Hyattsville, MD

Queens Borough Public Library , Jamaica , NY

Rangeview Library District, Thornton, CO

Rye Free Reading Room, Rye , NY

St. Louis County Public Library, St. Louis , MO

Siouxland Libraries, Sioux Falls , SD

Southfield Public Library , Southfield, MI

Spokane Public Library, Spokane , WA

Washington County Public Library , Marietta , OH

Wayne County Public Library , Wooster , OH

West Orange Public Library, West Orange, NJ

Special and Corporate Libraries:

Follett Library Resources, McHenry , IL

Forbes Inc. Corporate Library, New York , NY

Houston Academy of Medicine-Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, TX

Research Library of the Historical Society of Pennsylvania , Philadelphia , PA

Steelcase Inc. Corporate Library, New York , NY

State Libraries:

Indiana State Library, Indianapolis , IN

Library of Michigan , Lansing , MI

New Jersey State Library, Trenton , NJ

Testimonials

Working with Dan and Jobeth at Gossage Sager made our Director search process easy and rewarding....We ended up with very well qualified candidates and could not be more pleased with our final choice
-- Kay Riddle, Search Committee Chair, Rangeview Library District, Adams County, CO

Every aspect of our experience with Gossage Sager was first-rate. They are professional, reliable, responsive, flexible, cost-effective and, most of all, Effective, with a capital "E." We could not be happier with our new Director, and the process we went through to find her.
-- Jenny Baldock, Search Committee Chair, Greenwich (CT) Library

The Omaha Public Library Board of Trustees engaged Gossage Sager for its recent hire of a new executive director. The entire process went extremely well.... I would highly recommend using them to anyone seeking a thorough, professional search firm.
-- Kevin Thompson, President, Omaha Public Library Board of Trustees

The Lancaster Public Library Board couldn’t have been more pleased with the work of Dan & Jobeth Bradbury. From the outset, they exceeded our expectations...I would highly recommend Gossage Sager to any library conducting an executive director search.
-- John McGrann, President, Board of Trustees, Lancaster (PA) Public Library

What was considered to be a daunting task was actually made simple and succinct by the Gossage Sager professionals. They added a level of humor, intellect and personalized the entire process. We felt very fortunate to have hired them for this important task.
-- Marietta DiCamillo, Board Member, Great Neck (NY) Library