It has been 2 1/2 weeks since NEKLS Tech Day 2006, so I feel like I have had some distance and space to think about things and start to plan for next year. It has been thrilling to see the response from some of the attendees. We had eval forms and got some good feedback on those, but even more telling has been the response in the “blogosphere.”
- For example, From a KC Librarian created an audioblog entry while at the gas station on his way home!
- It’s all about connections! At Tech Day, A The Book of Nature was able to meet The Goblin in the Library….
- Erica and others from Johnson County brainstormed possibilities and applications in their community.
- We think that David liked us so much he decided to become a Kansas librarian
Thank you everyone for being there and for sharing your ideas and excitement on your blogs! If you have ideas for next year’s Tech Day, please share them with us. Liz and I will both be going to the Internet Librarian conference in October and we’ll be scouting out potential keynote speakers there.
Brenda Hough is the Continuing Education Consultant at NEKLS. You can reach her by email (bhough (at) nekls.org), phone, or on several instant messaging platforms (look Brenda up by her email address). Visit the 
I just wanted to thank you folks for giving everyone in NEKLS the ability to tie in with the new and cool, up-n-coming, and the future that is today and tomorrow … Tech Day continues to be one of best mini-conferences to send staff to … I almost wish we could close down and have it be a regional inservice … the ideas are explosive when you get critical mass of library types in a (relatively) small area … it’s this purposeful collision that I see delivering big payoffs everyday!
Once again, thanks to all of you that planned and made Tech Day happen!