I'm sure there will be lots of posts written about this event elsewhere, and far better than I will be able to write, so instead of an overview of the conference as a whole (which in general I thought was pretty good - particularly in terms of networking) I will just list here some of the things I will be taking away from the event:
- sharing privacy and trust in our networked world report. (OCLC)
- difficulty of deploying new technologies is a real issue - institutions not enabling admin rights etc.
- the concept of a 'digital will' - i.e. a record of all the digital content you have created & how to access it (in admin terms) to pass on to trusted individuals should anything happen to you.
- enabling choice (for students - and i think tutors too) in terms of new technology
There was a lot of other stuff covered in the conference which whilst not new things for me to take away (as the list above) do warrant mentioning as it is an indicator of the interest that is still very strong in these areas:
- personalisation
- user needs
- user expectations
- ...and lots of discussion around how or even if institutions should be tackling these issues.
