PLG Spring Conference 2004
Friday 2 April - Sunday 4 April
Kents Hill Park Training Centre, Milton Keynes

Speakers

Ayub Khan

Biography

Ayub Khan is Principal Project Officer (Library of Birmingham), working on plans for a new city centre library - the Library of Birmingham. He has had a number of posts in public libraries specialising in schools, young people and community librarianship. Ayub was awarded a Centenary Medal from the Library Association in 1998 for services to Librarianship and in 2003 was highly commended in the personal achievement category of the Diversity awards by CILIP. He is currently the President of the Career Development Group.

More than a building: the changing library. Plans for the new Birmingham Central Library.

Abstract

Libraries need to reinvent themselves to match the aspirations of tomorrow's communities, responding to the challenge of retaining and recruiting new members, extending their services and forming new partnerships. What will the library of the future look like and more importantly what role will it play? What function will library staff fulfil in the future? Ayub Khan explores the idea of the library of the future.