Well, it was Exec Committee in Birmingham this week. We spent most of the meeting planning Interlend 2014. Edinburgh will make a brilliant venue!

Let us know if there’s something you would really like to see featured, and watch this space (and all the other channels) for announcements of KeyNote Speakers, calls for papers and, most importantly, the booking forms!

Even as I type, one of the committee, Mark, is attending the IFLA conference in Beijing; another reason to consider joining us when places become available.  Some committee members do come to the end of their terms of office next June.

I took the opportunity of being in Birmingham to return to the new public library there, and visit the areas I didn’t manage when there for the CILIP AGM last month. Although it was overcast for this visit, so the views from the top weren’t as good as before, I was able to see the restored Shakespeare memorial room, the amphitheatre and Children’s library.  Lots of interesting spaces, with some very funky furniture throughout the building! I can see it becoming a place to visit at every opportunity as there is so much to see, and different exhibitions throughout the year.

Visit http://www.libraryofbirmingham.com/  for more details.