BTH: Wrapup

This was a great conference (symposium).

I came away buzzing with ideas that I hope one day to get a chance to implement. Given that I attended as an 'unaffiliated' individual I sujspect I'll be setting up trial sites for my own nefarious purposes rather than for work.

The symposium clarified my ideas for where I want to work (CHRLC -they let their staff go to conferences such as this), what I want to do (Emerging Technologies Librarian anyone)

Now I'm not just finding out about 2.0 tools, I'm keen to use them in a library setting.

I know now that I want to be in a place where I can say "Hey why don't we use this application in our library - this is how it works, this is what it could he used for, how do you think we could use it?"

I also think it's important that staff be able to attend conferences, symposiums etc that are relevant to what they are trying to do.

Perhaps some form of cost sharing could be implemented to enable more people who attend (those that want to).

ETA :
Following a comment that was made to me on Friday I'd just like to point out that I attended this symposium on my own dime because I was interested in the topics being discussed and I was going to be in Brisbane anyway. That I choose to spend part of my annual leave at such a conference is my choice and my choice alone.

My attendance at the Beyond the Hype symposium should not be used as part of a tally of conferences, talks, symposiums etc. that I have attended for work.

Does this mean that anything I learned at this symposium should not be used in my job? What would be the point of that?

I would've thought that keenness and enthusiasm should be encouraged, not discouraged.

If I, or anyone else, is interested in something that will benefit the library shouldn't we be encouraged to attend where realistic? (I realise there are cost and staffing implications and that is not possible for everyone to attend everything they want to (I'm not even saying we should be able to attend everything we want))

Stepping off soapbox now.