Roses, Crowns and Thorns: Feedback from the 2020 SOUCABL Conference
Roses
Excellent second rendition
Best conference ever
Good size, but could grow some
Social events that gave us a chance to get to know each other
Vendor Roundtables
Weekdays
Roundtables
Emphasis on instruction
Definitely keep having the conference
Vendor time was very interesting
Amazing people to network with
Afternoon presentation sessions
Opening Reception & Happy Hour
The schedule ending early on Friday is great!
Also vendor receptions were fantastic!
Vendor Round Table
Fed Session
Format: liked the number of sessions and time allotted for them.
Food as a part of registration.
Great networking opportunity.
Networking
Potential collaborations
Quality of Presenters
Keep holding the conference. Such a great idea!
Interesting talks. Lots of interesting topics.
Keep doing this conference, please! It was well organized and most of the content applied to my job.
Food
Number of presentations
Socials
I really enjoyed meeting other “Biz Libs” who are working close/near by
Ernie!
Round tables
Presentations by attendees
Crowns
Keynotes
Small Groups
Social events that gave us a chance to get to know each other
Vendor Roundtables
Nice people
Went surprisingly smooth given the pandemic situation
Excellent presentations, great selection
I liked the interactive preconference
Keep it small & intimate
You pulled it off again. Thank you!!!
Vendor round robin and 20 minute presentation format.
Round table sessions (need a little longer time)
Really like the Q & A with WRDS. Keep doing this in the future with other vendors.
Keeping it small.
Perspective of researchers outside of academia
Networking
Loved the afternoon sessions from Thursday and a great preconference workshop.
Networking. Meeting other business librarians in various stages of their careers.
Know I’m not alone.
All the networking time is both fun and helpful
Time with vendors
Round tables
Having small & intimate discussion groups
Socializing
Thorns
None
No downtime, needs to be longer with more downtime built in
Round table presents should have a chance to see each other’s discussions
Later starts, especially on the last day (packing/checking out)
Work in breaks so we have time to see the area
Provide a campus tour
LABEL the box lunches! Otherwise the food was great
Keynote speaker missed the mark, could have been an opportunity for dialogue with an administrator
Roundtable session format out to have stayed the same as advertised in the CFP, we were told to switch just as conversations got going, our chat was cut short.
At the opening sessions, introduce the organizing/executive committee so we all know who you are!
Please be mindful of dietary restrictions. The food was delicious, however having signs of ingredients for all items would be good.
Maybe open registration a little earlier
Keynote address, topic needed to be related to Business Librarianship more.
Not really a thorn, but any way to include remote participation?
Opening keynote did not seem relevant to our work.
Better timekeeping mechanisms for vendor round-robin/roundtables
Formalize presenter/poster/roundtables (double-blind peer review)
Better organization for roundtables. (I did like the final format.)
I think a different keynote speaker would have been better. P.S. Ernie was awesome!
Opening Speaker
WRDS Speaker
Want more information on developing full credit courses
Keynote wasn’t very clear or well related to librarianship, business librarianship
Not properly marked food for allergies
Finger foods vs. dinner
More workshopping time
Really long first day