Abstract
Summing up his experience of the three packed days of the 2014 UKSG conference in Harrogate, Gareth Johnson said that he had three key take-away words: diversity, collaboration and renewal. This short article, based on the report he wrote after attending the conference as a sponsored student, explains these lasting impressions and also highlights the way UKSG itself has continued to expand, bringing together the disparate stakeholders and engendering a real dynamic and at times electrifying atmosphere of cross-fertilization and possibility.