Innovation and Evolution: Challenges and Opportunities for 21st Century Academic and Research Libraries.

The inaugural CONUL conference attracted 136 delegates from Irish academic and research libraries. There was a very full and exciting programme with wellknown library technologist Marshall Breeding and Dr. Sarah Moore, a leading figure in developing teaching and learning in Ireland and beyond, as the keynote speakers. With both speakers obviously well versed in their particular areas, there was plenty of interesting information for delegates to digest from Breeding’s depiction of technological innovation in Libraries (and the scale of the industries which assist in this through to Dr. Moore’s clarion call for librarians to ‘crash the party’ and enhance our visibility