NASIG has extended the deadline for submitting proposals for its 34th Annual Conference, to be held 5-8 June 2019, in Pittsburgh, PA. NASIG is seeking proposals for one-hour conference sessions on topics related to scholarly communication and publishing, and the acquisition, management, and discovery of library collections. Proposals related to the areas defined in NASIG’s Core Competencies would be particularly welcome, including:
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management of electronic and/or print serial resources
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licensing of library content
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collection analysis and development
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standards and systems of cataloguing and classification, metadata, and indexing
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standards, initiatives, and best practices for library content
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scholarly communication (copyright, institutional repositories, publishing, data management)
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relationship building between libraries, vendors, publishers, standards bodies, and others involved in the information community
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supervision and management of staff and projects in areas relevant to NASIG
Each one-hour session should include approximately 45-50 minutes of content, with time left for discussion. Presentations are selected by the Program Planning Committee based on their relevance to conference topics. Co-presenters are welcomed, but submissions should be limited to no more than three presenters. All presenters will be asked to publish a conference report in the NASIG Proceedings, which are published each year through the journal Serials Librarian.
Accepted presenters will be offered a $100 discount on the cost of registration.
All proposals should be submitted using the online form. The submission deadline has been extended to 10 December 2018.
Any questions, contact the Program Planning Committee (PPC) Co-Chairs, Maria Collins and Wendy Robertson, at prog-plan@nasig.org.