AYUB KHAN

Biography:  Ayub Khan is the Quality and Operations Manager, Core Services, for Warwickshire County Council, providing professional leadership for the library service in areas of Stock, Reader Development, Information, Community, Children and Young People, and Lifelong Learning. As a member of the Senior Management Team he is also responsible for staff development and performance management.  

He has held a number of posts in public libraries specialising in schools, young people's and community librarianship. Ayub's most recent role was as Principal Project Officer (Library of Birmingham), working on plans to create a new city centre library.

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.

Ayub has a strong interest in International Librarianship and has served on the Library Association's International Committee and as the International Relations Officer for the Career Development Group. Ayub also serves on the British Council's Knowledge and Information Advisory Committee, which advises the Council on global sector strategies for library and information services.

He has a keen interest in diversity issues and served on the advisory committee for the Quality Leaders Project (an initiative to increase the Career progression of black Library and Information professionals in public libraries) and was on the Public Libraries Ethnic Diversity, & Citizenship   working group in Birmingham. He is past President of the Career Development Group and is currently the Group Councillor for the Diversity Group on CILIP Council.

Contact : khan@ayubk.freeserve.co.uk

Title: Better by design - building solutions

Summary: A presentation about designing new libraries reflecting the challenging nature of services and building in solutions in the planning to attract new audiences - particularly non-traditional users.