I was fortunate to be able to attend this year’s CILIP conference thanks to the CILIP NW bursary. As a current Library and Information Management postgraduate student at Manchester Metropolitan University, it sounded like a great opportunity to find out what’s going on in the profession, make new connections and perhaps develop early ideas for my dissertation. Conference Day The conference took place on the 19th November online. It was nice not to have to worry about travelling, with the added benefit of attending the conference wearing my slippers! On the day, I logged onto the platform early to explore the digital exhibition hall and programme. You could see how many other people were also looking at each page which was a very clever feature. Looking through the sessions for the day, there were so many options I wasn’t sure what to attend! Luckily all the sessions have been recorded so, when I have time, I hope to catch up on the ones I missed. Keynote and Morning Sessions ...