Productive brainstorming, preparing to change the field and asking the question people can't stop talking about. Topher Lawton is an MSLIS student in the iSchool at Syracuse University.

Tuesday night, a group of us went to dinner to celebrate the success of R-Squared. We took some time to talk about what we learned and how the conference changed us.

One of the most profound things that I learned was the power of what a small, passionate group of people can accomplish. All of the R-Squared organizers have full-time jobs. Everyone has regular lives and are people just like you. We all feel so passionately about our vision for bringing innovative library professionals together that we knew this was something we had to do. To be straight - this group kicks ass.

As I was driving home last night, I was struck by just how lucky I am to have been able to attend this conference. The amount of energy and dedication at this conference was infectious and I am returning to work with a renewed sense of purpose and a whole artillery of new ideas.

Day 2 - and the final day of R-Squared - I am stunned to see it end, but energized to take it all back to Pueblo!  The day began with a rousing and provocative session on creativity - and using it in a thoughtful and structured way to bring ideas out that will benefit customers and libraries.  Customer Curiosity gave us a planning format to explore a specific idea - how to plan Banned Books Week - and then a short amount of time to accomplish it.  The ideas that came out were incredibly "outside-the-box" and completely do-able.  Shut down Wi-Fi...allow customers to ban b