I’ve not been to many conferences before, and I was extremely excited about this one as knowing it would be full of other health library staff made it less daunting than the annual CILIP conference. The first thing that I found really welcoming was the informal meet-up prior to booking in. This was a great opportunity to meet people who were attending in a very relaxed way. This is something I will look out for when attending future events as it was a gentle welcoming to the conference, and I met really lovely people there who I ended up spending most of my time at the conference with. Thanks Helen Kiely for organising the meet-up, I know a lot of people found it very useful (even if it was just to have a quick bite before the conference began). Read more ...