Information Management Associates,
Great Britain
David Streatfield is Principal of Information Management Associates a consultancy, training and research team formed in 1991. The main IMA focus is on evaluating library and information service provision and particularly on assessing the impact of these services. IMA has conducted consultancy and research work for many national and government organisations in Europe, Africa, the Middle East and South East Asia.
David is an Independent Impact Consultant for the Global Libraries initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. This has involved work in Bulgaria, India, Indonesia, Romania, Ukraine and Vietnam, as well as helping to manage the Cross-Europe survey of public perceptions of public libraries in 17 European Union countries. All this experience was distilled into the book (co-authored with Sharon Markless) Evaluating the impact of your library published by Facet Publishing in 2006 and, in a new and fully revised edition, in 2013.
David was previously (1981-1991) Head of Information Research and Development at the National Foundation for Educational Research in England and Wales.