How Libraries Are Tackling Anti-Social Behaviour

In the latest edition of Information Professional, Ayub Khan discusses how good library design can help tackle anti-social behaviour in libraries

28 Jul 2025

Designing Library Director, Ayub Khan's Article from the Library Information Professional Magazine 2025, focusing on how libraries are tackling anti-social behaviour and how good design can help in combating it.

Can Good Library Design Offer Solutions

A number of measures have already been considered or implemented to tackle anti-social behaviour in libraries and make them safer for both staff and customers. These include the implementation of CCTV, staff body-cameras and panic trigger buttons to alert help, as well as reviewing library layouts to eliminate blind spots.

In this article Designing Libraries Director, Ayub Khan goes on to discuss whether and how good library design can help iron out anti social behaviour in libraries!

Find out more here and read the full thought provoking and informative article