(via NASIG, formerly the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.)
The NASIG 33rd Annual Conference, themed “Transforming the Information Community”, will take place June 8-11, 2018, in Atlanta, GA. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources, serials, library publishing and scholarly communication are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly communication, publishing, resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged. Those proposals reflecting the conference theme will be especially valued.
As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Forces developed for Electronic Resources Librarians, Print Serials Management, and Scholarly Communication Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies at this site.
Program topics inspired by the Core Competencies include the following.
- electronic resource life cycle and management
- collection analysis and development
- standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing
- licensing and legal framework
- standards, initiatives, and best practices
- personal qualities of electronic and/or print serials resources librarians as defined in the NASIG Core Competencies for Electronic Resources Librarians and Print Serials Management
- scholarly communication (copyright, institutional repositories, publishing, data management)
- life cycle of print serials
- workflow of print resources
- effective communication with those within and outside the library community
- supervision and management of staff working in areas included in the core competencies
- management of projects related to electronic and/or print resources or scholarly communication
Please use the online form to submit a proposal or program or idea. The deadline to submit a proposal is Wednesday, November 15. Send any questions about the submission process or the Conference itself to prog-plan@nasig.org.