Kate Sinclair must have been having the same thoughts (see below) as her post just arrived as I have finished this one 
Everyone is preparing for the ALIA Access conference. Here are a couple of links of tips and discussions as to how to get the most out of a library conference :
ALIANewGrads http://www.alia.org.au/groups/newgrad/conference.tips.html
NLS2006 http://conferences.alia.org.au/newlibrarian2006/conferencetips.php
ALA2010 survivial tips http://librarianbyday.net/2010/06/ala-conference-survival-tips-ala10/
SLATips http://www.sla.org/content/Events/conference/ac2008/Conference/tips.cfm
LibTechTips and lots more conference tips links at http://www.librarysupportstaff.com/confnews.html
and for this week, Don’t forget the ALIA Access wiki too http://www.alia.org.au/events/2010wiki/pmwiki.php?n=Main.HomePage
Sue Hutley, ALIA Executive Director
