Regional Workshop on "New Trends in Library Space Design: Library Design with Low Cost or No Budget"

NILIS – University of Colombo, in collaboration with Goethe Institut – Colombo, is organizing a regional workshop on “New Trends in Library Space Design: Library Design with Low Cost or No Budget” on 21-22 November, 2016.

Objective of the workshop is to empower library professionals on planning library buildings and space more attractively, effectively and in a way that present, past and future generations of users are more satisfied. This two day workshop will help all participants to think of ways their respective libraries have to be redesigned with low cost or even without any additional budget.

Target audience is University, Public, School and special library professionals from South Asia and South East Asia.

The resource person Dr.Klaus Ulrich Werner is the Library Director at the Freie Universitaet Berlin. He is a member of the commission for Library and Archive Building Guidelines of the German Institute for Standardization (DIN) and a member of the Standing Committee of the Library Buildings and Equipment Section of the International Federation of Library Associations (IFLA). He has published various books and articles on library buildings and equipment. He is also an international consultant in library management and services, and in particular on library buildings, reorganization and change management.

NILIS is organizing the event in collaboration with Goethe Institut (German Cultural Institute) – Colombo.

Registration fee is Rs 5000.00 (for Sri Lankan delegates) and USD 100.00 (for overseas delegates). Registration will be on first come first served basis. Maximum number of participants will be 40. Therefore. reserve your seat by paying the full registration fee before 20/10/2016.

After making the payment, please submit the application form online. If not, download the form, and submit through your institution.
 Apply online (payment details should be submitted)
 Download the form

Instructions for Payment:

Money Orders/Wire Transfer/Checks should be drawn in favor of the ‘National Institute of Library & Information Sciences’ Payable at ‘University of Colombo’, Sri Lanka.

Information necessary for overseas transfers:
Bank: Peoples Bank
SWIFT code: PSBKLKLX
Branch: Thimbirigasyaya
AC No: 086 1001 011 91736