KeithCurryLance.com is a website for his independent consulting activities. In 1987, Keith Curry Lance was the founding Director of the Library Research Service at the Colorado State Library. Since retiring from that position in 2007, he has focused on consulting both independently and with the RSL Research Group, based in Louisville, Colorado. Keith is best known in the school library community as the leader of the most prolific research team studying the impact of school librarians and library programs on academic achievement of students. He is best known in the public library community as the co-creator of the Library Journal Index of Public Library Service and a long-time state and national leader in the development and use of public library statistics. Keith is working more and more as a member of proposal-writing teams and an evaluator of LSTA- and other federally-funded projects. He is also available, and experienced, as a focus group interviewer and a neutral process-focused facilitator of guided discussions.