[CODE4LIB] NASIGS 31st Annual Conference Embracing New Horizons - Registration now OPEN!
June 9-12, 2016 Albuquerque, New Mexico http://nasig.org NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleagues -- publishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers, and librarians. Registration is now open! Register at: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700_association_webpage=1228 Check out the program here: https://nasig2016.sched.org/ There is something for everyone involved in the electronic resources, scholarly communications, continuing resource cataloging, and serials information chain. Pre-conferences include: Creating an Institutional Repository: Elements for Success! A Beginners Guide to MarcEdit Beyond the Editor: Advanced tools and techniques for working with library metadata Administration and tenure for librarians Deep Dive into KBART Come hear our dynamic Vision Session speakers: T. Scott Plutchak, Heather Joseph, and James J. ODonnell. Then join one of the many options for concurrent sessions including topics such as: Technical services workflows and evolving roles and duties Institutional repositories Streaming video Open access, including open textbooks Assessment and collection development Text mining Managing eBooks And much more! On Saturday, June 11, dont miss the annual Fun Run on Saturday morning at 5:45 am and the Vendor Expo on Saturday, June 11, beginning at 11:30 am. Rates and general conference information are included in the registration link. Between and after sessions, enjoy Old Town, explore Breaking Bad tours, try a hot air balloon ride, go to an Albuquerque Isotopes minor league baseball game, or take the train to Santa Fe. Albuquerque offers these fun activities and much more! DATE: June 9-12, 2016 Pre-conferences: June 8 9 Vendor Expo: June 11 starting at 11:30 am Conference Opening and Social: June 9 at The Anderson-Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon Museum (http://www.cabq.gov/culturalservices/balloonmuseum) LOCATION: Hotel Albuquerque at Old Town, 800 Rio Grande Blvd. NW, Albuquerque, NM 87104 (http://www.hotelabq.com/) Conference City: Albuquerque, New Mexico (http://www.visitalbuquerque.org/) ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Second Call for Proposals
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 31st NASIG conference in Albuquerque, NM, June 9 to 12. The theme of the conference is "Embracing New Horizons. The Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions will be held concurrently on Friday, June 10, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases or present their snapshots during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table or poster board (3.5 x 7.5) to showcase their idea to attendees, depending on their need. The Snapshot Sessions will consist of up to eight 5-minute presentations with a focus on an idea, project, workflow, etc. If youve always wanted to speak at NASIG, but havent felt like you had enough to say for a full session, this is a great opportunity for you. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase or snapshot. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases and snapshots should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Submit your Great Ideas Showcase proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GreatIdeas2016 Submit your Snapshot Session proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/snapshot2016 Proposals must be received by 5pm EST on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by early April. (Note: Presenters for the Great Ideas Showcase or Snapshot Sessions do not qualify for a registration discount. Presenters must be registered for either the full conference or for Thursday single day registration.) Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Danielle Williams and Corrie Marsh, at p...@internal.nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Albuquerque! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input
The NASIG Executive Board has charged a task force with developing a statement describing core competencies for librarians whose professional responsibilities include activities related to digital scholarship and scholarly communications. The Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input. Part of our process includes analyzing job advertisements which we collect from various lists and websites. However, we also want to review actual job descriptions from those of you in the trenches. If your job is, or has components of, digital scholarship or scholarly communications, please consider sending us your current job description. Position descriptions may be sent as attachments or copied into the text of an email and sent to public...@nasig.org. For additional information about the task force charge, please see http://bit.ly/1AbAo40 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Call for Proposals
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 31st NASIG conference in Albuquerque, NM, June 9 to 12. The theme of the conference is "Embracing New Horizons. The Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions will be held concurrently on Friday, June 10, 4:45 to 5:45 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases or present their snapshots during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table or poster board (3.5 x 7.5) to showcase their idea to attendees, depending on their need. The Snapshot Sessions will consist of up to eight 5-minute presentations with a focus on an idea, project, workflow, etc. If youve always wanted to speak at NASIG, but havent felt like you had enough to say for a full session, this is a great opportunity for you. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase or snapshot. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases and snapshots should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Submit your Great Ideas Showcase proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/GreatIdeas2016 Submit your Snapshot Session proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/snapshot2016 Proposals must be received by 5pm EST on Thursday, March 24, 2016. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by early April. (Note: Presenters for the Great Ideas Showcase or Snapshot Sessions do not qualify for a registration discount. Presenters must be registered for either the full conference or for Thursday single day registration.) Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Danielle Williams and Corrie Marsh, at p...@internal.nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Albuquerque ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG February webinar - Troubleshooting Electronic Resources with ILL Data
Greetings! NASIG's Continuing Education Committee is hosting a one-hour webinar "Troubleshooting Electronic Resources with ILL Data" on February 18, 2016 at 1pm (EST). Troubleshooting electronic resource linking issues can seem to be an insurmountable task - so many resources, so little time. Using ILL data on cancelled requests for materials available online, the electronic resources staff at the Samford University Library detected problems with the implementation of their new link resolver as well as metadata communication issues between databases and their link resolver knowledgebase. The establishment of a workflow for communicating cancelled ILL transaction data on an ongoing basis has also improved the communication between electronic resources staff and the ILL department thus improving overall linking and customer services for our users. This presentation will demonstrate how a single cancelled ILL transaction can lead to the discovery and solution of systemic linking problems. Speaker: Beth Ashmore Metadata Librarian for Serials & Electronic Resources Samford University Beth Ashmore is Metadata Librarian for Serials and Electronic Resources at Samford University Library. She received her MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and is co-author of the book The Librarians Guide to Negotiation. Registration deadline: February 17, 2016 Webinar Rates: NASIG members: $35 NASIG non-member: $50 Group registration: $95 Link for registration page: http://www.nasig.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=12549 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG awards deadline extended!
Greetings! NASIG is please to announce that the deadline for submitting applications for NASIG 2016 Grants, Awards, and Scholarships has been extended to Wednesday, February 10. Apply today! Visit the Awards page http://bit.ly/1Osyj90 on the NASIG website for details about each award and application information. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources in all formats and business models. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2016 Grants, Awards and Scholarships
NASIG is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2016 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 31st Annual Conference being held in Albuquerque, NM, June 9-12,2016. The application deadline is January 29, 2016. Please visit http://bit.ly/1Osyj90 for full descriptions and application materials. PROFESSIONAL/PARAPROFESSIONAL AWARDS Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel costs within North America. Capstone Award A $1500 award to recognize a professional who has made significant and distinguished contributions to the field of information resource management. First-Timer Award An award for an information resources management professional or paraprofessional who has not attended a NASIG conference, covering costs of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Horizon Award Award for a promising new information resources management professional, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee. John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award An award for a professional within each organization to attend both the NASIG and UKSG annual conferences. Marcia Tuttle International Award A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the information supply chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international communication and education. Paraprofessional Specialist Award Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging,and travel within North America. Rose Robischon Scholarship A scholarship awarded to an information resource management professional lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. STUDENT AWARDS John Riddick Student Grant Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments in an information resource management career. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Free Student Membership to NASIG
NASIG is offering free memberships to students for a limited time! To take full advantage of all the many benefits membership confers, please join before January 31, 2016. What is NASIG? NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources. Our ultimate goal is to facilitate and improve the distribution, acquisition, and long-term accessibility of information resources in all formats and business models. There are three key components to NASIG's mission: > NASIG supports a dynamic community of professionals including, but not limited to, librarians, publishers, and vendors engaging in understanding one anothers perspectives and improving functionality throughout the information resources lifecycle with an emphasis on scholarly communications, serials, and electronic resources. > NASIG provides a rich variety of conference and continuing education programming to encourage knowledge sharing among its members and to support their professional and career development. >NASIG promotes the development and implementation of best practices and standards for the distribution, acquisition and long-term accessibility of information resources in all formats and business models throughout their lifecycle. In addition to developing best practices, NASIG supports the development of standards by NISO, an affiliated organization. Why join NASIG? Whats in it for me as a student member? > Networking with library professionals and vendors throughout the continuing resources and/or scholarly communication community > Reduced rate for attendance at our annual conference (one of the best events for networking and learning!), webinars, and regional events > Access to the NASIG blog and NASIG-L listserv > Member rates for NASIG-sponsored events and NISO webinars > Access to the online membership directory > Access to presenters handouts from the Annual conference and the Proceedings archive > Access to the quarterly NASIG Newsletter that covers the organizations activities and provides reports for regional, national, and international conferences > Industry news from the biweekly UKSG eNews > Network with librarians, publishers, vendors, educators, database providers, fellow students, and others in the information resources environment > Participate (it is easy to get involved!) in committees, working groups, and other volunteer opportunities in order to share NASIGs vision and help shape the future of the organization > Special subscription rate to the Serials Librarian. http://tinyurl.com/q4motez Join today! For more details, please see: http://tinyurl.com/qa35ggt For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Call for Pre-conference Workshop presenters - NASIG 2016 Annual Conference
NASIG holds an annual conference each year with a wide focus in content. The 2016 conference will be held in Albuquerque, NM from June 6 to June 12. Designed as intense sessions, workshops are held the Wednesday afternoon and Thursday morning prior to the conference opening and usually last four hours. The NASIG Program Planning Committee is looking for workshop presenters in the following topics: Collection Development ILL Usage Statistics KBart Licensing NISO Standards Library Management/Library Leadership If you, or someone you know, would like to present at NASIG on any of these topics, please contact the PPC chair or co-chair. Danielle Williams, PPC Chair, daniellena...@gmail.com Corrie March, PPC Co-Chair, cmarc...@gmail.com ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals - NASIG 31st Annual Conference
NASIG 31st Annual Conference Embracing New Horizons June 9 to 12, 2016 Albuquerque, NM Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials 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. 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 Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies, http://bit.ly/1ovwjkk. Program topics from the Core Competencies: * Electronic resource life cycle and management * Collection analysis and development * Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing * Technology and providing access to electronic resources * Licensing and legal framework * Standards, initiatives, and best practices * Scholarly communication * Life cycle of print serials * Workflow of print resources * Effective communication with those within and without the library community * Supervision and management of staff in electronic and print serials departments * Personal qualities of electronic and/or print serials resources librarians Please use the online form http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/538 to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on November 15, 2015. Please note the following: * The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. * Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. * Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) * Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy, http://bit.ly/YIeyYA, for reimbursement of speaker expenses. * All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), http://bit.ly/1wtCjkb, prior to speaking at the conference. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Albuquerque Danielle Williams and Corrie Marsh NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input
This is a second call for input. In November 2014, the NASIG Executive Board charged a task force with developing a statement describing core competencies for librarians whose professional responsibilities include activities related to digital scholarship and scholarly communications. The Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input. Part of our process includes analyzing job advertisements which we collect from various lists and websites. However, we also want to review actual job descriptions from those of you in the trenches. If your job is, or has components of, digital scholarship or scholarly communications, please consider sending us your current job description. Position descriptions may be sent as attachments or copied into the text of an email and sent to public...@nasig.org. For additional information about the task force charge, please see http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=1346pk_association_webpage=5372 Kind regards, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Leigh Ann DePope Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input
In November 2014, the NASIG Executive Board charged a task force with developing a statement describing core competencies for librarians whose professional responsibilities include activities related to digital scholarship and scholarly communications. The Scholarly Communications Core Competencies Task Force seeks your input. Part of our process includes analyzing job advertisements which we collect from various lists and websites. However, we also want to review actual job descriptions from those of you in the trenches. If your job is, or has components of, digital scholarship or scholarly communications, please consider sending us your current job description. Position descriptions may be sent as attachments or copied into the text of an email and sent to public...@nasig.org. For additional information about the task force charge, please see http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=1346pk_association_webpage=5372 Kind regards, ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Last Chance for Early Bird Rates - NASIG Annual Conference
NASIGs 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27th to May 30th 2015 Washington, D.C. http://www.nasig.org Early Bird Registration ends today - April 29, 2015 NASIG delivers outstanding programming for everyone involved in the electronic resources, scholarly communications, continuing resource cataloging, and serials information chain. Join us at the Hilton Crystal City, just outside Washington, D.C. Between and after sessions, enjoy the National Mall, the Smithsonian Museums, and all that this wonderful city has to offer. Register here: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1260 Please join us for our exciting joint program on information policies with the Society for Scholarly Publishing on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015. Admission to this program is included in your full conference registration. More details are available on the NASIG blog: http://nasig.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/nasig-and-ssp-announce-joint-meeting-on... Check out our Post-conference workshops on May 30th and 31st: Getting Started With COUNTER Statistics (Jennifer Leffler) Introduction to Name and Title Authorities for Serials Catalogers (Les Hawkins Hien Nguyen) Navigating Copyright as We Build the Digital Future (Lisa Macklin) Building Your Licensing and Negotiation Skills Toolkit (Claire Dygert) For more information on the Post-conference workshops, sessions, and speakers, please see our online schedule: http://nasig2015.sched.org/ Rates and General Conference Information are included in the Registration link. Need to know the latest updates on standards and best practices from NISO? Need to know more about E-Resources Licensing, Licensing Lifecycles? Is your passion usage statistics and assessment of collections? Is collection management part of your workflow? Need to enhance your knowledge of open access and scholarly communication issues? Want to know more about ebook usage, moving to e-only collections, getting the most from your discovery tools and tracking systems, developing great assessment systems for usage data, and much more? Want to connect with vendors and other representative about new products, current offerings and ideas for enhancing your collections? Then dont miss the Vendor Expo, May 29th, beginning at 11:45 am. And please join us for a special celebration of NASIGs 30th anniversary on the evening of May 29th at the Hilton Crystal City! Well have fantastic desserts, NASIG trivia, and plenty of fun. NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleagues publishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers, and librarians. In addition to the keynote speakers (Dorothea Salo, Stephen Rhind-Tutt, and Anne Kenney), this years thirty-plus sessions provide an impressive array of topics to consider! DATE: May 27-30, 2015 Post-conference Workshops: May 30 - 31 Vendor Expo: May 29 starting at 11:45 am First Timers Reception: May 27, 5:00 pm at Hilton Crystal City Conference Opening and Social: May 27, 6:00 pm at Hilton Crystal City LOCATION: Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, USA Room reservations at the conference rate: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_associa... CONFERENCE CITY: Washington, D.C. Washington Info: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_associa... NASIG is the place to be. It provides a venue for education, stimulating and thought-provoking discussion, new ideas and the best networking opportunities that can be had. -Char Simser, Coordinator of Library Data and Electronic Publishing, Kansas State University We look forward to seeing you in Washington! Mark Hemhauser Ted Westervelt Co-Chairs, NASIG Conference Planning Committee ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] How to get more out of your 2015 NASIG Conference experience!
This year, the NASIG Conference Workshops will be held on Saturday afternoon and Sunday morning, after the general sessions have ended. We have several experts in their fields providing hands-on learning opportunities that will enhance your conference experience. For new serials catalogers or experienced catalogers looking to refresh their understanding of RDA authority, we have a two-day workshop led by Les Hawkins and Hien Nguyen of the Library of Congress. The workshop will provide an overview of the basic principles underlying authority control in the context of serials cataloging and the MARC 21 authority format. http://sched.co/27oF Back by popular demand, Clair Dygert (Assistant Director for Licensing and E-Resources, Florida Virtual Campus) will be giving the license negotiation workshop on Saturday afternoon. A continuation from last years preconference, the workshop will focus on best practices for creating agreements that protect the rights of users and libraries, as well as developing negotiating skills and strategies and the confidence to employ them. http://sched.co/27oE If you have burning questions about copyright, or youve been tasked with more of a role in vetting copyright questions at your institution, Lisa Macklin (Director, Scholarly Communications Office, Emory University) will be leading a workshop Saturday afternoon that will answer those questions and get you set up to help colleagues at home understand copyright better. The workshop will include small groups working through scenarios often encountered by librarians. http://sched.co/27oA Libraries have been collecting usage data for a long time, even before we were managing digital collections. What do we do with this data? What should we not do with this data? Jennifer Leffler (Technical Services Manager, University of Northern Colorado) will provide hands-on exercises and best practices on Sunday morning for collecting and analysing use statistics, specifically those adhering to the COUNTER standard. http://sched.co/27oH Its not too late to register for these excellent workshops! You can add them on to your existing registration at: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_associa... Questions about the Workshops can be sent to Program Planning at: prog-p...@nasig.org See you in Washington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2015 Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Call for Proposals Extended
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) has extended the deadline to March 27th for proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 30th NASIG conference in Washington, DC, May 27-31. The theme of the conference is NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future. The Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions will be held concurrently on Thursday, May 28, 2015, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases or present their snapshots during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table or poster board (4 x 8) to showcase their idea to attendees, depending on their need. The Snapshot Sessions will consist of up to eight 5-minute presentations with a focus on an idea, project, workflow, etc. If youve always wanted to speak at NASIG, but havent felt like you had enough to say for a full session, this is a great opportunity for you. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase or snapshot. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases and snapshots should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Submit your Great Ideas Showcase proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015GreatIdeas Submit your Snapshot Session proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015Snapshot Proposals must be received by 5pm EST on Friday, March 27, 2015. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by early April. (Note: Presenters for the Great Ideas Showcase or Snapshot Sessions do not qualify for a registration discount. Presenters must be registered for either the full conference or for Thursday single day registration.) Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Anna Creech and Danielle Williams, at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Washington! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] 2015 NASIG Conference Registration Is Now Open!
NASIGs 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27th to May 30th 2015 Washington, D.C. http://www.nasig.org NASIG delivers outstanding programming for everyone involved in the electronic resources, scholarly communications, continuing resource cataloging, and serials information chain. Join us at the Hilton Crystal City, just outside Washington, D.C. Between and after sessions, enjoy the National Mall, the Smithsonian Museums, and all that this wonderful city has to offer. Register here: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1260 Please join us for our exciting joint program on information policies with the Society for Scholarly Publishing on Wednesday, May 27th, 2015. Admission to this program is included in your full conference registration. More details are available on the NASIG blog: http://nasig.wordpress.com/2015/02/19/nasig-and-ssp-announce-joint-meeting-on-information-policies-may-27-2015/ Check out our Post-conference workshops on May 30th and 31st: Getting Started With COUNTER Statistics (Jennifer Leffler) Introduction to Name and Title Authorities for Serials Catalogers (Les Hawkins Hien Nguyen) Navigating Copyright as We Build the Digital Future (Lisa Macklin) Building Your Licensing and Negotiation Skills Toolkit (Claire Dygert) For more information on the Post-conference workshops, sessions, and speakers, please see our online schedule: http://nasig2015.sched.org/ Rates and General Conference Information are included in the Registration link. Need to know the latest updates on standards and best practices from NISO? Need to know more about E-Resources Licensing, Licensing Lifecycles? Is your passion usage statistics and assessment of collections? Is collection management part of your workflow? Need to enhance your knowledge of open access and scholarly communication issues? Want to know more about ebook usage, moving to e-only collections, getting the most from your discovery tools and tracking systems, developing great assessment systems for usage data, and much more? Want to connect with vendors and other representative about new products, current offerings and ideas for enhancing your collections? Then dont miss the Vendor Expo, May 29th, beginning at 11:45 am. And please join us for a special celebration of NASIGs 30th anniversary on the evening of May 29th at the Hilton Crystal City! Well have fantastic desserts, NASIG trivia, and plenty of fun. NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleagues publishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers, and librarians. In addition to the keynote speakers (Dorothea Salo, Stephen Rhind-Tutt, and Anne Kenney), this years thirty-plus sessions provide an impressive array of topics to consider! DATE: May 27-30, 2015 Post-conference Workshops: May 30 - 31 Vendor Expo: May 29 starting at 11:45 am First Timers Reception: May 27, 5:00 pm at Hilton Crystal City Conference Opening and Social: May 27, 6:00 pm at Hilton Crystal City LOCATION: Hilton Crystal City, 2399 Jefferson Davis Highway, Arlington, VA 22202, USA Room reservations at the conference rate: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1234 CONFERENCE CITY: Washington, D.C. Washington Info: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1259 NASIG is the place to be. It provides a venue for education, stimulating and thought-provoking discussion, new ideas and the best networking opportunities that can be had. -Char Simser, Coordinator of Library Data and Electronic Publishing, Kansas State University We look forward to seeing you in Washington! Mark Hemhauser Ted Westervelt Co-Chairs, NASIG Conference Planning Committee ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2015 Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions - Call for Proposals
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for the Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions for the 30th North American Serials Interest Group conference in Washington, DC, May 27-31. The theme of the conference is NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future. The Great Ideas Showcase and the Snapshot Sessions will be held concurrently on Thursday, May 28, 2015, 4:30-5:30 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases or present their snapshots during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table or poster board (4 x 8) to showcase their idea to attendees, depending on their need. The Snapshot Sessions will consist of up to eight 5-minute presentations with a focus on an idea, project, workflow, etc. If youve always wanted to speak at NASIG, but havent felt like you had enough to say for a full session, this is a great opportunity for you. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase or snapshot. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases and snapshots should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Submit your Great Ideas Showcase proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015GreatIdeas Submit your Snapshot Session proposal here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2015Snapshot Proposals must be received by 5pm EST on Friday, March 20, 2015. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified of the status of their proposal by early April. (Note: Presenters for the Great Ideas Showcase or Snapshot Sessions do not qualify for a registration discount. Presenters must be registered for either the full conference or for Friday single day registration) Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Anna Creech and Danielle Williams, at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Washington! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG and SSP Announce Joint Meeting on Information Policies May 27, 2015
For Immediate Release- NASIG and SSP Announce Joint Meeting on Information Policies May 27, 2015 NASIG and SSP (Society for Scholarly Publishing) are pleased to announce a joint full-day program, Evolving Information Policies Their Implications: A Conversation for Librarians Publishers. It will be held on May 27th, 2015, at the Crystal Gateway Marriott, Arlington, Virginia (DC) on the first day of each organizations annual conference. Attendees will learn about public policy issues ranging from open access, grant funder submission and publication requirements, management and preservation of data sets, to access for the print disabled, intellectual property, copyright law and fair use. Speakers will address the current status and speculate about potential developments, all with a view to helping attendees gain a better understanding of current information policy and its impact on our current and future roles. We have recruited three expert speakers to address these topics from the perspectives of the publishing, librarian and vendor communities that make up the core of our respective memberships. Jayne Marks, Vice President of Publishing, Wolters Kluwer will represent the publishing perspective. T. Scott Plutchak, formerly Director of the Lister Hill Library of Health Sciences at the University of Alabama at Birmingham and now Director, Digital Data Curation Strategy at the same institution, will address the librarian viewpoint. Caitlin Tresande, Head of Research Policy, Digital Science and Senior Strategy Editor for Nature will provide the vendor perspective. In addition, two speakers who are intellectual property and copyright experts will share their knowledge and opinions. The entire day will have ample opportunities for audience questions and will conclude with a wrap up panel with all five speakers sharing their predictions and responding to questions. When then president-elect Bob Boissy, Springer, suggested a joint program three years ago, we thought immediately of teaming up with SSP as another organization devoted to dialogue, communication and education that takes no position on public policy matters. We were excited to find a conference location adjacent to SSPs to make the concept work, noted Steve Kelley, Wake Forest University, NASIG President. Howard Ratner, CHORUS, SSP President agreed: This unique collaborative session between NASIG and SSP offers an exceptional opportunity for our members to not only attend a thought-provoking program, but to network with NASIG members. More organizations should offer such joint programming. Registration for the event will open on the websites of both organizations in March. NASIG offers no competing programming, but SSP will also offer preconference seminars on the same day. About NASIG: NASIG supports a dynamic community of professionals including, but not limited to, librarians, publishers, and vendors engaging in understanding one anothers perspectives and improving functionality throughout the information resources lifecycle with an emphasis on scholarly communications, serials, and electronic resources. www.nasig.org About SSP: The Society for Scholarly Publishing (SSP), founded in 1978, is a nonprofit organization formed to promote and advance communication among all sectors of the scholarly publication community through networking, information dissemination, and facilitation of new developments in the field. - See more at: http://www.sspnet.org For more information, please contact: NASIG: i...@nasig.org SSP: i...@sspnet.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2015 grants, awards and scholarships
NASIG is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2015 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the Annual Conference being held in Washington, D.C., May 27-30, 2015. Professional/Para-professional Awards Please visit http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=308pk_association_webpage=1178 for full descriptions and applications. Birdie MacLennan Award An award for a mid-career professional, covering conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel costs within North America. Champion Award A $500 award and conference travel grant to attend the NASIG conference, covering costs of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Serials Specialist Award Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Marcia Tuttle International Award A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the serials information chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international communication and education. Horizon Award Awards for promising new serials professionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee. Rose Robischon Scholarship A scholarship awarded to a serials professional lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Student Awards John Riddick Student Grant Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments in a serials career. The application deadline for the awards listed above is January 30, 2015. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Vision Speakers Announced for the 2015 NASIG Annual Conference
The Program Planning Committee is pleased to announce the Vision Speakers for the 2015 NASIG Annual Conference. Dorothea Salo, Faculty Associate, SLIS UW-Madison Salo teaches organization of information, library technology, scholarly communication and library publishing, and research-data management for various ALA-accredited schools of library and information studies. She is also a librarian specializing in research-data management, digital preservation, and scholarly communication. Stephen Rhind-Tutt, President, Alexander Street Press Rhind-Tutt has worked in electronic publishing for libraries for more than 20 years. Before co-founding Alexander Street Press in 2000, he worked for Gale, Proquest/Chadwyck-Healey, and SilverPlatter in a number of different roles. During that time he was responsible for the creation or development of more than 400 different products serving a wide range of libraries. Anne Kenney, University Librarian, Cornell University Active in the archival and preservation communities, Kenney is a fellow and past president of the Society of American Archivists. She currently serves on the Social Science Research Council's Committee on Libraries and Archives of Cuba and is a member of Advisory Committee of Portico, a nonprofit digital preservation service. Kenney is known internationally for her pioneering work in developing standards for digitizing library materials that have been adopted by organizations around the world, including such important archives as JSTOR, the Scholarly Journal Archive. Watch the Conference website, http://bit.ly/1zJk5Lm, for information about NASIG's 30th Anniversary Conference, May 27-30, 2015. We look forward to seeing you in Washington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 30th Annual Conference Call for Proposals Extended to November 30th
NASIG 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27-30, 2015 Washington, DC The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) has extended the deadline for proposals for conference sessions to November 30th. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials 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. As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies, http://ow.ly/EotHX. Program topics from the Core Competencies: Electronic resource life cycle and management Collection analysis and development Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing Technology and providing access to electronic resources Licensing and legal framework Standards, initiatives, and best practices Scholarly communication Please use the online form - http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392 - to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on November 15, 2014. Please note the following: The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy for reimbursement of speaker expenses, http://ow.ly/EotZ6. All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference, http://ow.ly/Eoufq. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Washington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Eresources Librarians - Share Your Knowledge/Experience at NASIG
NASIG 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27-30, 2015 Washington, DC The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials to submit proposals relating to the electronic resource life cycle and management, collection analysis and development, and technology and providing access to electronic resources. This is the 30th year of the NASIG conference, and we are particularly interested in proposals that look at historic trend analysis of the serials industry over the past 30 years, as well as visions of the future of the industry based on our history (i.e. pricing models, COUNTER 4 usage data applications). Other programming tracks at the conference include resource acquisition, management, and discovery, as well as other topics related to the Core Competencies: Electronic resource life cycle and management Collection analysis and development Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing Technology and providing access to electronic resources Licensing and legal framework Standards, initiatives, and best practices Scholarly communication Please use the online form, http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392, to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on November 15, 2014. Please note the following: The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy, http://bit.ly/YIeyYA, for reimbursement of speaker expenses. All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), http://bit.ly/1wtCjkb, prior to speaking at the conference. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to a great conference in Washington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG November Webinar: DIY E-Resources Management
NASIG's Continuing Education Committee is pleased to announce that registration is now open for the November 13 webinar entitled DIY E-Resources Management: Basics of Information Architecture. Presented by Sarah Hartman-Caverly of Delaware County Community College, this webinar will provide an introduction (or refresher) to concepts in information architecture and strategies for the design of homegrown e-resource management systems (ERMS). While both commercial and open source ERMS are available, sometimes the resources needed to license or support these systems are not. This session will prepare attendees with information, tools, and strategies to design and implement homegrown ERMS using software such as Microsoft Access. The information in this session can also be applied to evaluate commercial or open source systems. Additional information and registration: http://www.nasig.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=9555 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Catalogers - Share Your Knowledge/Experience at NASIG
NASIG 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27-30, 2015 Washington, DC The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials to submit proposals relating to standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing. This is the 30th year of the NASIG conference, and we are particularly interested in proposals that look at historic trend analysis of the serials industry over the past 30 years, as well as visions of the future of the industry based on our history (i.e. serials cataloging workflows in next-generation library systems using RDA). Please use the online form (http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392) to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on November 15, 2014. Please note the following: - The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. - Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. - Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) - Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy (http://bit.ly/YIeyYA) for reimbursement of speaker expenses. - All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) (http://bit.ly/1wtCjkb) prior to speaking at the conference. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Washington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals - NASIG 30th Annual Conference
NASIG 30th Annual Conference NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future May 27-30, 2015 Washington, D.C. The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials 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. This is the 30th year of the NASIG conference, and we are particularly interested in proposals that look at historic trend analysis of the serials industry over the past 30 years, as well as visions of the future of the industry based on our history. As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies, http://bit.ly/1ovwjkk. Program topics from the Core Competencies: Electronic resource life cycle and management Collection analysis and development Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing Technology and providing access to electronic resources Licensing and legal framework Standards, initiatives, and best practices Scholarly communication Please use the online form, http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392, to submit a proposal or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on November 15, 2014. Please note the following: The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy, http://bit.ly/YIeyYA, for reimbursement of speaker expenses. All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Arlington! Anna Creech and Danielle Williams NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] From Record-Bound to Boundless: FRBR, Linked Data, and New Possibilities for Serials Cataloging - October webinar
Registration is now open for: From Record-Bound to Boundless: FRBR, Linked Data, and New Possibilities for Serials Cataloging Date: Thursday, October 23, 2014 Time: 2:00 pm (EDT) Length: 1 hour Webinar Rates: NASIG members: $35 Non-NASIG members: $50 Group registration: $95 Registration deadline: Wednesday, October 22, 2014 Registration: http://www.nasig.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=9312 Description: The use of linked data within the library community has the potential to significantly impact cataloging and may help improve information discovery and retrieval for the end user. For librarians and users alike, serial publications have been a constant challenge due to their complex publication histories and fluid nature. In this webinar, the presenters will reprise their NASIG 2013 Conference presentation, providing an overview of Linked Data developments within the library and journal publishing communities. By exploring serials in relation to FRBR principles and linked data modeling techniques, the presenters will describe how a search for periodical literature might be improved in a linked data environment. Taking description out of the current record constraints, serials librarians will be able to express the relationships between multiple versions of the same publication, and document how a particular journal has changed over time. The linked data model also opens up many opportunities for the provision of value-added content to bibliographic descriptions. Speakers: Marlene van Ballegooie, University of Toronto Libraries Juliya Borie, University of Toronto Libraries Register now and through October 22: http://www.nasig.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=9312 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NISO/NASIG Joint Webinar: Playing the Numbers: Best Practices in Acquiring, Interpreting, and Applying Usage Statistics
NISO/NASIG Joint Webinar: Playing the Numbers: Best Practices in Acquiring, Interpreting, and Applying Usage Statistics Date: May 21, 2014 Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. (Eastern Time) Event webpage: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/nasig/ =ABOUT THE WEBINAR In a time of shrinking budgets and growing reliance on electronic resources, the collection and analysis of usage statistics has become a staple of the library world. But while usage statistics may be ubiquitous, many librarians still struggle with the best methods of interpreting the data. The ability to effectively understand and apply usage data is an important skill for librarians to master as they attempt to analyze their collections and justify their expenses to administrations. This webinar, jointly presented by NISO and NASIG, will highlight the ins and outs of COUNTER, as well as discuss the process of analyzing the data once harvested. TOPICS AND SPEAKERS - COUNTER Update: Release 4 of the COUNTER Code of Practice for e-Resources Peter Shepherd, Project Director, COUNTER - Integrating COUNTER Statistics within the Information Workflow Oliver Pesch, Chief Product Strategist and Senior Vice President, EBSCO Information Services - Usage in the Eye of the Beholder: Developing Academic Library Usage Reports that Meet the Needs of Your Institution Jill Emery, Collection Development Librarian, Portland State University Library REGISTRATION Registration is per site (access for one computer) and closes at 12:00 pm Eastern on May 21, 2014 (the day of the webinar). Discounts are available for NISO and NASIG members and students. NISO Library Standards Alliance (LSA) members receive one free connection as part of membership and do not need to register. (The LSA member webinar contact will automatically receive the login information. Members are listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/roster/#library_standards_alliance. If you would like to become an LSA member and receive the entire years webinars as part of membership, information on joining is listed here: http://www.niso.org/about/join/alliance/) All webinar registrants and LSA webinar contacts receive access to the recorded version for one year. Visit the event webpage to register and for more information: http://www.niso.org/news/events/2014/nasig/ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Overflow Hotel: Still room at the inn! Make reservations by Thursday, April 17th.
Still room at the inn! Make reservations by Thursday, April 17th. There are still some rooms available at the overflow hotel for the NASIG conference. If youre looking for a hotel, dont hesitate to contact the Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone Hotel. Conference registration will cover your breakfasts and the opening conference social/buffet at the Hilton. The rate is $159.00 a night. This rate ends Thursday, April 17th. After that there are no conference hotel discounts left. In order to make a reservation, call 1-800-321-2211 and use the name of the North American Serials Interest Group - NASIG to receive the special group rate. See additional details, including a link to the Hotel's registration page, on the NASIG Conference website, http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1234 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Overflow Hotel for 2014 NASIG Conference - Book Now
We are pleased to announce that 20 rooms have been secured at an overflow hotel for this years NASIG conference. The hotel is: The Courtyard Fort Worth Downtown/Blackstone Hotel 601 Main Street Fort Worth Texas, 76102-5407 Website: http://www.marriott.com/hotels/travel/dfwms-courtyard-fort-worth-downtown-blackstone/ It is a 2 minute walk to the Conference Hotel. The rate is $159.00 a night. In order to make a reservation, call 1-800-321-2211 and use the name of the North American Serials Interest Group - NASIG to receive the special group rate. To register: http://www.marriott.com/meeting-event-hotels/group-corporate-travel/groupCorp.mi?resLinkData=North%20American%20Serials%20Interest%20Group%20-%20NASIG^DFWMS%60SIGSIGA%60159%60USD%60false%605/1/14%605/4/14%604/16/14app=resvlinkstop_mobi=yes The link is also posted on the NASIG conference website, http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1234 We look forward to seeing you in Fort Worth! Janice Lindquist Michael Hanson, NASIG CPC co-chairs conf-p...@nasig.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Register by April 1 to get the Early Bird Rate for the NASIG 29th Annual Conference
29th Annual NASIG Conference www.nasig.org Taking Stock Taming New Frontiers Fort Worth, TX May 1-4, 2014 The end of Early Bird Registration (April 1) is fast approaching. Don't miss out on this exciting conference! Need to know more about: - E-Resource Usage Statistics - E-Resource Licensing Negotiation - Serials Cataloging - Management and Reorganization - Collection Development - Collection Management in the Digital Age - Linked Data and more? Then NASIG is the conference for you! Network with industry professionals, visit the Vendor Expo, network with dynamic colleagues, join an Informal Discussion Group, and have some fun! Fort Worth, TX, is a city that offers something for almost everyone. There is history, culture, a wide variety of restaurants, and lots of local Texas flavor. Got questions? Send an email to conf-p...@nasig.org and we will try to help. Remember to register by April 1 to get the Early Bird Rate! ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Webinar - Streamline Your Negotiation: Creating Updating a License Template for Your Institution
Registration is now open for a new NASIG Webinar: Streamline Your Negotiation: Creating Updating a License Template for Your Institution Date: April 10, 2014 Time: 2pm (EDT) Length: 1 hour Registration deadline: April 9, 2014 Webinar Rates: NASIG members: $35 NASIG non-member: $50 Group registration: $95 Description: This webinar will cover the steps and best practices for creating a license template for your institution, including creating standard language that you can use in negotiation and a review of model licenses we have in the field. I will also highlight new license clauses that were seeing in agreements and approaches for negotiating them, as well as emerging areas of interest and concern, especially with regards to new formats or acquisition models that require new language that has not yet been standardized. I will also share updates about popular standard model licenses. Speakers: Liane Taylor Continuing Resources Librarian/Interim Head Acquisitions Librarian Texas State University Liane has been negotiating licenses within libraries since 2005. She has served as the Continuing Resources Librarian at Texas State University since 2009 and also currently serves as the Interim Head of Acquisitions. During her tenure, she has negotiated several major system-wide licenses with major publishers, created an institutional license template, and begun work on new, standardized language not currently found in model licenses. She has developed a website that enables librarians to compare clauses in model licenses. Registration: http://www.nasig.org/site_event_detail.cfm?pk_association_event=8501 Todd Enoch chair, NASIG Continuing Education Committee cont-e...@nasig.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Critical Change, Networked Communication, and Making Hard Decisions visions of the future at NASIG 2014!
Interested in e-resource licensing, RDA, usage statistics, scholarly communication issues, ebook management, linked data issues, and much more? NASIG is the conference for you! NASIG would like to congratulate our 2014 Vision Speakers for making an impact in their fields. Dr. Katherine Skinner was presented with the 2013 Society of American Archivists Preservation Publication Award. Her talk is on Critical Moments: Chance, Choice, and Change in Scholarly Publishing. Herbert Van de Sompel received the Los Alamos National Laboratory 2013 Outstanding Innovation Award. His vision speech is titled From a System of Journals to a Web of Objects. Jenica Rogers will be accepting the 2014 HARRASSOWITZ Leadership in Library Acquisitions Award later this year. Her talk is on Reaching New Horizons: Gathering the Resources Librarians Need to Make Hard Decisions. You dont want to miss what these folks have to say! The Early Bird deadline is fast approaching. Don't miss out on excellent programming, an informative Vendor Expo, networking opportunities and just plain fun. Fort Worth offers great evening activities, and the conference opening event will be a foot-stomping good time! Check out the conference website for info. http://www.nasig.org Plan to come early and attend one of our great pre-conferences! From the Library of Congress, Les Hawkins and Hien Nguyen will be delivering an intense workshop on basic serials cataloging. Claire Dygert brings more than sixteen years of experience to the table to help you build your licensing and negotiation skills. Angie Rathmel and Lea Currie will show you how to dig into your usage data and other metrics to assess their ongoing value to your institution. Register for the conference by April 1, 2014 to take advantage of the Early Bird discounts. Register for your hotel room before April 7, 2014 to get the conference rate. http://www.nasig.org Kelli Getz Anna Creech, Program Planning Michael Hanson Janice Lindquist, Conference Planning ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Open Access highlights at NASIG 2014
Join your colleagues at the 29th Annual NASIG Conference in Fort Worth, TX from May 1-4, 2014. Don't miss the excellent programming, great networking, and Texas size fun! Here are a few of the exciting sessions that will be happening at the conference this year: OA in the Library Collection: The Challenges of Identifying and Managing Open Access Resources - session led by Chris Bulock (Southern Illinois University Edwardsville) and Nathan Hosburgh (Rollins College) Hybrid Journals: Ensuring Systematic and Standard Discoverability of the Latest Open Access Articles - session led by Brian Kelly (CETIS Centre for Educational Technology, Interoperability and Standards) Mapping the Final Frontier: Publishers Experiences Launching Open Access Journals in the Burgeoning Mixed-Access Economy - session led by James Butcher (Nature Publishing Group), Kevin Davies (Chemical Engineering News/American Chemical Society), Karen Hawkins (IEEE), and Sara Rouhi (American Chemical Society) For more information on the conference and for registration information, please visit the conference website: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1228. NASIG 2014 will also feature a Great Ideas Showcase and Snapshot Sessions! For more information, visit the NASIG Blog at: http://nasig.wordpress.com/2014/02/24/call-for-proposals-for-great-ideas-showcase-and-snapshot-sessions/. Sincerely, Kelli Getz and Anna Creech Program Planning Committee Chair and Vice-Chair prog-p...@nasig.org Michael Hanson and Janice Lindquist Conference Planning Committee Co-Chairs conf-p...@nasig.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 29th Conference - Registration is now open
NASIG's 29th Conference: Taking Stock and Taming New Frontiers May 1st to May 4th 2014 Fort Worth, Texas www.nasig.org NASIG delivers outstanding programming for everyone involved in the electronic resources, scholarly communications, continuing resource cataloging, and serials information chain. Join us downtown at the Hilton Fort Worth. Between sessions, enjoy Sundance Square, the Fort Worth Cultural District, and the Stockyards. Registration link: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1260 Check out our Pre-conferences: - Building Your Licensing and Negotiation Skills Toolkit- Learn Best Practices in E-Resource Licensing and Negotiation for E-Resources - Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop- Learn Basic Serials Cataloging using RDA MARC21 - Big Deals and Squeaky Wheels: Taking Stock of your Stats- Learn E-Resource Assessment Techniques - From Ideas to Action: Supporting Open Access at the local level For more information on the Pre-conferences, sessions, and speakers, please see our online schedule, http://nasig2014.sched.org/ . Rates and General Conference Information are included in the Registration link. - Need to know the latest updates on standards and best practices from NISO? - Need to know more about E-Resources Licensing, Licensing Lifecycles? - Is your passion usage statistics and assessment of collections? - Is collection management part of your assignment? - Need to enhance your knowledge of open access and scholarly communication issues? - Want to know more about ebook usage, moving to e-only collections, getting the most from your discovery tools and tracking systems, developing great assessment systems for usage data, and much more? - Want to connect with vendors and other representative about new products, current offerings and ideas for enhancing your collections? Then don't miss the Vendor Expo, May 1st, beginning at 12:00 pm. NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleagues -- publishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers, and librarians. In addition to the keynote speakers, this year's thirty-seven sessions provide an impressive array of topics to consider! DATE: May 1-4, 2014 Pre-conferences: April 30 May 1 Vendor Expo: May 1 starting at 12:00 pm Conference Opening and Social: May 1, 6:00 pm at Billy Bobs Texas LOCATION: Hilton Fort Worth, 815 Main St, Fort Worth, Texas, 76102, USA Room reservations at the conference rate: http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1234 CONFERENCE CITY: Fort Worth, TX - Average May Temperature 85° Fort Worth Texas Info http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=700pk_association_webpage=1259 NASIG is the place to be. It provides a venue for education, stimulating and thought-provoking discussion, new ideas and the best networking opportunities that can be had. --Char Simser, Coordinator of Library Data and Electronic Publishing, Kansas State University ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2014 Conference - Program Highlights
Registration will open soon for the NASIG 29th Annual Conference to be held in Ft. Worth, Texas from May 1-4, 2014! On behalf of the Program Planning Committee (PPC), we are pleased to announce the following exciting scheduling information: Vision Speakers Katherine Skinner, Executive Director of Educopia Institute, will present Critical Moments: Chance, Choice, and Chance in Scholarly Publishing Herbert Van de Sompel, Team Leader of the Prototyping Team at the Research Library of Los Alamos National Laboratory, will present From a System of Journals to a Web of Objects Jenica Rogers, Director of Libraries at the State University of New York at Potsdam, will present Reaching New Horizons: Gathering the Resources Librarians Need to Make Hard Decisions Preconferences Basic Serials Cataloging Workshop (2 part workshop) will be presented by Les Hawkins, Coordinator of the CONSER Program at the Library of Congress, and Hien Nguyen, CONSER Specialist at the Library of Congress. Building Your Licensing and Negotiation Skills Toolkit will be presented by Claire Dygert, Assistant Director for Licensing and E-Resources at the Florida Virtual Campus. Electronic Resources Assessment will be presented by Lea Currie, Head of Content Development at the University of Kansas, and Angie Rathmel, Electronic Resources Librarian at the University of Kansas. From Idea to Action: Supporting Open Access at the Local Level will be presented by Amy Buckland, eScholarship, ePublishing Digitization Coordinator at McGill University. Sessions We will have innovative sessions on a variety of topics such as collection development, electronic resource management, acquisitions, epublishing, cataloging, etc. A few of the sessions include: Diving into E-book Usage: Navigating the Swell of Information Hybrid Journals: Ensuring Systematic and Standard Discoverability of the Latest Open Access Articles Taming Mobile Applications Cost-per-Use vs. Hours-per-Report: Usage Reporting and the Value of Staff Time Meeting the E-Resources Challenge Through Collaboration: An OCLC Perspective on Effective Management, Access and Delivery of Electronic Collections The Power of Sharing Linked Data: Giving the Web What it Wants Converting Your e-Resource Records to RDA Yer Doin it Wrong: How NOT to Interact with Vendors, Publishers, or Librarians Be on the lookout in the coming months for more information regarding: Saturday lunchtime Informal Discussion Groups covering a variety of topics. Boxed lunches will be available for purchase during registration. A new forum where NASIG sponsors will discuss new products, updates, and services called Vendor Lightning Talks. The Great Ideas Showcase continues to provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. A new event called Snapshot Sessions, designed for 5-7 minute talks in which projects, workflows, or ideas are presented. Kelli Getz Anna Creech 2014 Program Planning Committee Chairs ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Accepting Applications for 2014 Conference Awards
The North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) is pleased to announce the beginning of the application cycle for its 2014 grants, awards, and scholarships to be awarded at the 2014 Annual Conference being held in Fort Worth, Texas, May 1-4, 2014. Established in 1985, NASIG is an international organization committed to promoting communication and sharing of ideas among all people working with or concerned about serial publications. More information about NASIG is available at www.nasig.org. Professional/Para-professional Awards Serials Specialist Award Awards for promising paraprofessionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/serials_specialist_award Marcia Tuttle International Award A $3,000 grant for an individual working in the serials information chain to fund appropriate activities in fostering international communication and education. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/marcia_tuttle_award Horizon Award Awards for promising new serials professionals, covering cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. Recipients will also be invited to serve on a NASIG committee. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/horizon_award Rose Robischon Scholarship A scholarship awarded to a serials professional lacking funds for travel. The scholarship covers the cost of conference registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/rose_robischon_scholarahip Student Awards John Riddick Student Grant Grants for qualifying students to attend the NASIG annual conference, covering cost of registration, three nights lodging, and travel within North America. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/john_riddick_studnet_grant Fritz Schwartz Education Scholarship A $3,000 scholarship and conference travel grant for a graduate student demonstrating excellence in scholarship and the potential for accomplishments in a serials career. For more details, please visit the following page: http://www.nasig.org/fritz_schwartz_scholarship The application deadline for the awards listed above is January 27, 2014. For details about the awards offered by NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Proposal deadline extended
NASIG 29th Annual Conference Taking Stock and Taming New Frontiers May 1-4, 2014 Fort Worth, TX Join vision speakers Herbert Van de Sompel, Katherine Skinner, and Jenica Rogers at the 29th Annual NASIG Conference in Ft. Worth, TX from May 1-4, 2014! The deadline for proposal submission has been extended to Friday, November 22. Please use our ProposalSpace online form to submit a proposal. The PPC welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Program topics from the Core Competencies include: #9679; Electronic resource life cycle and management #9679; Collection analysis and development #9679; Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing #9679; Technology and providing access to electronic resources #9679; Licensing and legal framework #9679; Standards, initiatives, and best practices #9679; Scholarly communication Please note the following: #9679; Time management issues generally limit each session to one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org) #9679; Each session speaker receives a waiver for one-half of the basic conference registration if registered before Early Bird registration closes, regardless of NASIG membership status. Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: prog-p...@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Fort Worth! Kelli Getz and Anna Creech NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Rogers, Skinner, and Van de Sompel to be Featured Vision Speakers at NASIG 29th Annual Conference
The NASIG Program Planning Committee is pleased to announce the Vision Speakers for the 29th Annual NASIG Conference! The Vision Speakers are: Jenica Rogers Jenica Rogers is the Director of Libraries for the State University of New York at Potsdam.She is best known for her public decision not to renew her universitys annual subscription to the American Chemical Societys (ACS) online journals package because of the ever-increasing subscription costs. Her current professional interests include interrogating the ways our information economy is breaking down and reforming now that the internet changed everything, figuring out what the role of a library is in a reality in which warehousing books is sort of passé, and informing, mentoring, and supporting new library professionals as they hit the real world face first and at full speed. Katherine Skinner Dr. Katherine Skinner is the Executive Director of the Educopia Institute, a not-for-profit educational organization that hosts inter-institutional, collaborative programs for the production, dissemination, and preservation of digital scholarship. She is the founding program director for the MetaArchive Cooperative, a community-owned and community-governed digital preservation network founded in 2004 that now has more than 50 member institutions in four countries. She also serves as the host of the Library Publishing Coalition project, in which 47 university libraries currently are designing and implementing a collaborative that addresses and supports an evolving, distributed, and diverse range of library publishing and production practices. Herbert Van de Sompel Herbert Van de Sompel is the team leader of the Prototyping Team at the Research Library of the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Team does research regarding various aspects of scholarly communication in the digital age, including information infrastructure, interoperability, digital preservation and indicators for the assessment of the quality of units of scholarly communication. Herbert has played a major role in creating the Open Archives Initiative Protocol for Metadata Harvesting (OAI-PMH), the Open Archives Initiative Object Reuse Exchange specifications (OAI-ORE), the OpenURL Framework for Context-Sensitive Services, the SFX linking server, the bX scholarly recommender service, and info URI. Currently, he works with his team on the Open Annotation, Memento (time travel for the Web), and ResourceSync projects. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Proposals for NASIG 29th Annual Conference - deadline approaching!
The 2014 NASIG Program Planning Committee invites proposals for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources, serials, 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 findings are encouraged. In particular, the Program Planning Committee welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies for Electronic Resources, http://bit.ly/1eWD11N , approved by NASIG in July 2013. Program topics from the core competencies include: * Electronic resource life cycle and management * Collection development and analysis * Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing * Technology and providing for discovery and access to electronic resources * Licensing and legal frameworks for electronic resources * Electronic resources standards, initiatives, best practices, and workflows * Scholarly communication initiatives This call for proposals will close on November 15, 2013. Inquiries may be sent to the chairs, Kelli Getz and Anna Creech, at: prog-p...@nasig.org. Please note the following: * All sessions will be allotted 60 minutes for the presentation and questions. * The Program Planning Committee welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. * Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. * Time management issues generally limit each session to two to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org). * Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy for reimbursement of speaker expenses, http://bit.ly/16EwFC6. * All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference, http://bit.ly/16TWwit. To submit a proposal, complete the form at: http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/286 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Call for Proposals NASIG 2014 - with submission link
***Apologies for reposting.Please note the link to submit proposals was omitted from the first message.*** The 2014 NASIG Program Planning Committee invites proposals for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the fields of electronic resources, serials, 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 findings are encouraged. In particular, the Program Planning Committee welcomes programs focusing on the Core Competencies for Electronic Resources, http://bit.ly/1eWD11N , approved by NASIG in July 2013. Program topics from the core competencies include: * Electronic resource life cycle and management * Collection development and analysis * Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing * Technology and providing for discovery and access to electronic resources * Licensing and legal frameworks for electronic resources * Electronic resources standards, initiatives, best practices, and workflows * Scholarly communication initiatives This call for proposals will close on November 15, 2013. Inquiries may be sent to the chairs, Kelli Getz and Anna Creech, at: prog-p...@nasig.org. Please note the following: * All sessions will be allotted 60 minutes for the presentation and questions. * The Program Planning Committee welcomes proposals that are still in the formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to focus their proposals further. * Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. * Time management issues generally limit each session to two to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-p...@nasig.org). * Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy for reimbursement of speaker expenses, http://bit.ly/16EwFC6. * All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference, http://bit.ly/16TWwit. To submit a proposal, complete the form at: http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/286 ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Continuing Education webinar
The North American Serials Interest Group is pleased to invite you to register for Scholar Commons @USF: Sharing Knowledge Worldwide. Date: Thursday, Sept. 26, 2013 Time: 2pm (EDT) Register now: http://www.nasig.org/resources_webinar.cfm Description: Librarians and faculty members are now working together through open access publishing to make faculty-produced scholarly content available to researchers worldwide. The University of South Florida Tampa Library has been working with bepress Digital Commons platform to create a substantial institutional repository that includes open access journals, conference proceedings, and data sets, among other materials. Library staff members are currently involved in a variety of activities, including negotiating memorandum of understandings, loading backfiles, registering DOIs with CrossRef, designing layout, doing final publication steps, and assisting with technical issues. In 2011, accompanied by major outreach and marketing efforts by the USF Tampa Librarys administration, the institutional repository, Scholar Commons @ USF, went live. The new repository allows the library to pull fragmented collections previously hosted on other platforms into a single system with improved discoverability. As part of this effort, the library has forayed into open access journal publishing, and this session will provide an overview of current workflows. Additionally, speakers will explain how the repository was established, what is involved, lessons learned, and plans for future directions. Speakers: Carol Ann Borchert, University of South Florida Julie Fielding, University of South Florida Speaker Bios: Carol Ann Borchert has been the Coordinator for Serials at the University of South Florida (USF) since 2004. Previously, she was in the Reference and Government Documents departments at USF, and in several areas of the James B. Duke Library at Furman University. She holds an MLS from the University of Kentucky and an M.A. in Spanish from USF. Julie Fielding has been a Library Operations Coordinator at the University of South Florida (USF) since August 2011, working with electronic resources and open access journals. Before this, she was an Information Services Associate at Gale Cengage Learning. She holds an MLIS from Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. For further information, contact the North American Serials Interest Group (NASIG) Continuing Education Committee at cont-e...@nasig.org. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] Core Competencies of Electronic Resources Librarianship Adopted as NASIG Policy
The NASIG Board approved and adopted Core Competencies of Electronic Resources Librarianship as NASIG policy at their June 2013 meeting in Buffalo, New York. Sarah Sutton, former chair of the Core Competencies Task Force (CCTF), notes that she and the CCTF have high hopes that both library and information professionals and LIS educators will find the document a valuable resource upon which to base their work. Sarah writes, I am so gratified that many practitioners have already used the draft document, which circulated in the professional community over the past few months. It has sparked much interest and use, as evidenced by the wonderful sessions at the recent NASIG Annual Conference. I think the document supports NASIGs Vision to promote dialogue and professional growth, to provide learning opportunities, to advocate for its constituents, to challenge assumptions and traditions, and to take a leadership role in the information environment. Core Competencies of Electronic Resources Librarianship is available on the NASIG website, http://www.nasig.org/committee-core-competencies-task-force.cfm. ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.
[CODE4LIB] 29th Annual NASIG Conference - Theme Announced
On behalf of the NASIG Board, the Program Planning Committee and the Conference Planning Committee are pleased to announce the theme for the 29th Annual NASIG Conference in Ft. Worth, TX from May 1-4, 2014. The theme for the conference is: Taking Stock and Taming New Frontiers! The Call for Proposals for the conference will be open from 10/1/13 11/15/13. We look forward to seeing yall in Texas next year! Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the serials information chain anyone working with or concerned about serial publications. For more information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/. Charlene N. Simser Publicist, NASIG, Inc. public...@nasig.org | @NASIG
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Conference 2013 Early Bird Registration closing May 3rd!
April is almost over! Register by May 3rd to get the early bird rate! NASIG CONFERENCE JUNE 6-9 2013 Art of Information, Architecture of Knowledge Conference Registration: http://www.nasig.org/registrationcontent.cfm Dont get closed out of a great conference! Connect with members of the serials, e-resource, cataloging, collection management, and scholarly communication community. Learn new developments at the Vendor Expo, engage with attendees and speakers on hot topics, and relax with new friends at the many social opportunities. Hotel Registration - Early bird rates apply here, too! Reserve your room before May 3. Hyatt Regency Buffalo Hotel and Conference Center, Buffalo, New York Some rooms are still available for June 6-8. For reservations at the conference rate go to http://www.nasig.org/conference_hotel.cfm Comfort Inn (two blocks away)--Some rooms are still available for June 4-9. Attendees should call 1-716-854-5500 and say they are with the NASIG conference to get the discount room rate. View the hotel at www.choicehotels.com/hotel/ny200 Pre-conferences There is still time to register for one of our three exciting pre-conferences! Kevin Smith, keynote presenter at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference, will discuss the rules and principles of copyright law, focus on library specific situations, and help attendees learn how to make informed copyright decisions at their library. Come learn from Timothy S. Deliyannides and Lauren Collister about how a library can become their own publisher supporting their institutions research and teaching faculty while transforming todays inflationary cost model for serials. Need hands-on exercises in creating serials RDA records and making the transition to RDA? Les Hawkins, and Hein Nguyen, will conduct a full day workshop split between two days. We look forward to seeing you in Buffalo! Got questions? conf-plan-2012-2...@list.nasig.org
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2012 Conference Proceedings now available
NASIG is pleased to announce the publication of its 2012 Conference Proceedings! Co-edited by Sharon Dyas-Correia and Sara Bahnmaier, the Proceedings have been published by Taylor Francis as volume 64 of The Serials Librarian. The Proceedings provide a written record of the presentations given at NASIG's 27th Annual Conference held in Nashville, Tennessee on June 7-10, 2012. To access the Proceedings online, NASIG members can log in to the NASIG homepage and then select Publications Conference Proceedings. Online access to the Proceedings is also available to subscribers of The Serials Librarian via the TF platform: http://www.tandfonline.com/toc/wser20/current The editors wish to thank all speakers and recorders for their contributions to the Proceedings.
[CODE4LIB] Sign up for a NASIG 2013 Pre-Conference
NASIG 2013 Pre-Conferences http://nasig2013.sched.org/ The 2013 NASIG Annual Conference is offering 3 exciting pre-conferences with expert speakers. Kevin Smith, keynote presenter at the 2012 NASIG Annual Conference, will discuss the rules and principles of copyright law, focus on library specific situations, and help attendees learn how to make informed copyright decisions at their library. Come learn from Timothy S. Deliyannides and Lauren Collister about how a library can become their own publisher supporting their institutions research and teaching faculty while transforming todays inflationary cost model for serials. Need hands-on exercises in creating serials RDA records and making the transition to RDA? Les Hawkins, Hein Nguyen, and Valerie Bross will conduct a full day workshop split between two days. See below for additional pre-conference information: Copyright in Practice: A Participatory Workshop Thursday, June 6, 8:00 am - 12:00 pm Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University Copyright presentations often focus on the rules without sufficient attention to practical decision-making. Yet because application of the law so often depends on specific facts and circumstances, this approach can leave a big gap for actual library practice. This workshop will focus on situations and how to make specific decisions; discussion of the rules and principles of copyright law will, it is hoped, emerge from those applications. Although common situations will be discussed in order to provide a comprehensive look at copyright decision making, participants are encourage to bring real-life problems for the group to consider and discuss. Library as Publisher Wednesday, June 5, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm Timothy S. Deliyannides, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh Academic libraries are increasingly investing in new efforts to support their research and teaching faculty in the activities they care about most. Learn why becoming a publisher can help meet the most fundamental needs of your research community and at the same time can help transform todays inflationary cost model for serials. We will explore not only why to become a publisher but exactly how to achieve it, step by step, including careful selection of publishing partners, choosing the right platform for manuscript submission and editorial workflow management, one-time processes to launch a new journal, conducting peer reviews, maintaining academic quality, and measuring impact. Well also cover the broader range of publishing activities where libraries can have an impact, including open access monographs, general institutional repositories and subject-based author self-archiving repositories. We will close with a review of tools, services, and communities of support to nurture the new library publishing venture. RDA Serials: Transitioning to RDA within a MARC 21 Framework full day Wednesday, June 5, 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm (Session 1) Thursday, June 6, 8:00 am 12:00 pm (Session 2) Les Hawkins, Coordinator of the CONSER program at the Library of Congress Hien Nguyen, CONSER Specialist at the Library of Congress Valerie Bross, ERM/Continuing Resources Cataloging, Section team leader at UCLA The workshop will provide basic instructions for RDA serials cataloging based on the most up to date PCC and CONSER RDA decisions and practices. The presenters will incorporate in-class, hands-on exercises to engage participants in active learning. Prior to the workshop, attendees will be expected to complete prerequisite self study training modules on FRBR Fundamental Concepts and the RDA Toolkit. Also prior to the workshop attendees may participate in an online follow-up session on the prerequisite materials to complement the in-class training component. This workshop is aimed at experienced AACR2 catalogers making the transition to RDA. Registration Early Bird Registration (NASIG Members only) through May 3, 2013 ½ day pre-conference: $90 Full day pre-conference: $180 Regular Registration May 4-29, 2013 ½ day pre-conference: $115 Full day pre-conference: $230
[CODE4LIB] 2013 Award Winners Announced
2013 Award Winners Announced Sandy Folsom (chair) and Leigh Ann DePope (vice-chair) On behalf of the NASIG Awards Recognition committee, we would like to announce the winners of the 2013 NASIG awards. We wish to thank EBSCO who is graciously supporting NASIG by sponsoring the Horizon Award this year. NASIG and UKSG also wish to thank Taylor Francis who is sponsoring the UKSG Merriman award winners attendance at NASIG. John Merriman Joint NASIG/UKSG Award Anjana Bhatt, Florida Gulf Coast University (NASIG) Anne Wilcox, University of St. Andrews (UKSG sponsored by Taylor Francis) Fritz Schwartz Serials Education Scholarship Martin Patrick, Kent State University Horizon Award (sponsored by EBSCO) Shannon Regan, Mercer University John Riddick Student Grant Rachael Morrison, Queens College, City University of New York Rosemarie Reynolds, Simmons College Hillary Richardson, University of Southern Mississippi Rose Robischon Scholarship Rebecca Bealer, Louisiana State University, Health Sciences Center, New Orleans Sofia Slutskaya, Georgia Perimeter College Serials Specialist Awards Jeffrey Kuskie, University of Nebraska, Omaha Diane Malmstrom, San Jose State University For further information about the NASIG awards, please visit our web site: http://www.nasig.org/
[CODE4LIB] Extended Call for Great Ideas Showcase Proposals
The Call for Great Ideas Showcase Proposals has been extended to April 5! The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites Great Ideas Showcase proposals for the 28th North American Serials Interest Group conference in Buffalo, NY, June 6-9, 2013. The theme of the conference is Art of Information, Architecture of Knowledge. The first-ever Great Ideas Showcase (formerly Poster Sessions) will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013, 2:25-3:25 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table to showcase their idea as attendees mingle amongst the tables. If requested a table top poster display board will be provided. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. To propose a Great Idea, please use the online form. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013NASIGShowcase Proposals must be received by 5 pm PDT on Friday, April 5,2013. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified at the beginning of April 2013. Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Karen Davidson and Kelli Getz at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Buffalo!
[CODE4LIB] Register now for NASIG's 2013 Annual Conference!
Attend NASIGs 28th Annual Conference June 6th to June 9th 2013, Buffalo, NY Dont be disappointed! Register for the conference and book your hotel room NOW before the NASIG room block fills up. http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm Spotlight on Vision Speakers NASIG has pulled together an outstanding lineup of vision speakers who will share their expertise as we explore the Art of Information and the Architecture of Knowledge! Bryan Alexander, Senior Fellow, National Inst. for Technology in Liberal Education NASIG Presentation: Libraries and Mobile Technologies in the Age of the Visible College Attend this session for insights on how the mobile revolution has and will transform libraries, to review recent changese-book renaissance, media ecosystems, nearly-always-on user access, place as library instead of library as place-- and to consider the future based on an analysis of current trends. Publication Topics: Emerging pedagogical forms enabled by mobile technologies, learning processes and outcomes associated with immersive environments (as in gaming and augmented reality) and their applications. Recent publication is Should Liberal Arts Campuses Do Digital Humanities? in Debates in the Digital Humanities (University of Minnesota Press, 2012). Quote: Imagine a student heading to college in 2022. How will her campus experience differ from ours? What changes has digital technology made?... To imagine those futures, we need to identify what shapes them. What are the most powerful forces currently driving change in higher education? Imagining the Future of Higher Education, EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 15, 2011. Megan OakleafAssociate Professor, iSchool at Syracuse University NASIG Presentation: The Value of Serials in Academic and Special Libraries Attend this session on the challenge of defining, demonstrating, communicating the impact of serials. Publication Topics: Outcomes assessment, evidence-based decision making, information literacy instruction, information services, and digital librarianship. Recent publication Building the Assessment Librarian Guildhall: Criteria and Skills for Quality Assessment Librarian appears in the first 2013 issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Quote: Academic library value and impact exist on an individual level. In other works, the difference that academic libraries make in the lives of users typically happens one user at a time. Building the Assessment Librarian Guildhall: Criteria and Skills for Quality Assessment Librarian Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39 (2013). Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Media Studies Law at University of Virginia NASIG Presentation: Googlization and the Challenge of Big Data Attend this session on questions about privacy and intellectual policy of Big Data and why Big Data research should include projects that examine the cultural, intellectual, and societal implications. Publication Topics: Critical information studies, politics of information, intellectual property rights, cultural, political and economic impact of information technology. Recent book is The Googlization of Everything -- and Why We Should Worry , published in 2011 by University of California Press Quote: This endeavor, which I call the Human Knowledge Project, would identify a series of policy challenges, infrastructure needs, philosophical insights and technological challenges with a single realizable goal in mind: to organize the worlds information and make it universally accessible. I am sure Google wont mind if we copy its mission statement.The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry), (University of California Press, 2011) p. 205. Attend NASIG! NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleaguespublishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers and librarians. For more information, see: http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm
[CODE4LIB] 2nd call for Great Ideas Showcase Proposals
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites Great Ideas Showcase proposals for the 28th North American Serials Interest Group conference in Buffalo, NY, June 6-9, 2013. The theme of the conference is Art of Information, Architecture of Knowledge. The first-ever Great Ideas Showcase (formerly Poster Sessions) will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013, 2:25-3:25 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table to showcase their idea as attendees mingle amongst the tables. If requested a table top poster display board will be provided. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. To propose a Great Idea, please use the online form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013NASIGShowcase Proposals must be received by 5pm PDT on Friday, March 29, 2013. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified at the beginning of April 2013. Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Karen Davidson and Kelli Getz at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Buffalo!
[CODE4LIB] NASIG 2013 Pre-Conferences
NASIG 2013 Pre-Conferences Early Bird Registration (NASIG Members only) through May 3, 2013 1/2 day pre-conference: $90 Full day pre-conference: $180 Regular Registration May 4-29, 2013 1/2 day pre-conference: $115 Full day pre-conference: $230 Wednesday, June 5, 2013, 1:00-5:00 RDA Serials: Transitioning to RDA within a MARC 21 Framework (Session 1) Les Hawkins, Coordinator of the CONSER program at the Library of Congress Hien Nguyen, CONSER Specialist at the Library of Congress Valerie Bross, ERM/Continuing Resources Cataloging, Section team leader at UCLA Over the past two years, CONSER has been develop documentation, discussing best practices, and creating RDA bridge training. This workshop provides a basic overview of RDA instructions for serials and is aimed at experienced AACR2 catalogers making the transition to RDA. The session incorporates hands on exercises with examples from actual MARC 21 records and updates on PCC RDA implementation as appropriate Library as Publisher Timothy S. Deliyannides, Director, Office of Scholarly Communication and Publishing and Head, Information Technology, University of Pittsburgh Academic libraries are increasingly investing in new efforts to support their research and teaching faculty in the activities they care about most. Learn why becoming a publisher can help meet the most fundamental needs of your research community and at the same time can help transform todays inflationary cost model for serials. We will explore not only why to become a publisher but exactly how to achieve it, step by step, including careful selection of publishing partners, choosing the right platform for manuscript submission and editorial workflow management, one-time processes to launch a new journal, conducting peer reviews, maintaining academic quality, and measuring impact. Well also cover the broader range of publishing activities where libraries can have an impact, including open access monographs, general institutional repositories and subject-based author self-archiving repositories. We will close with a review of tools, services, and communities of support to nurture the new library publishing venture. Thursday, June 6, 2013, 8:00-12:00 Copyright in Practice: A Participatory Workshop Kevin Smith, Scholarly Communications Officer, Duke University Copyright presentations often focus on the rules without sufficient attention to practical decision-making. Yet because application of the law so often depends on specific facts and circumstances, this approach can leave a big gap for actual library practice. This workshop will focus on situations and how to make specific decisions; discussion of the rules and principles of copyright law will, it is hoped, emerge from those applications. Although common situations will be discussed in order to provide a comprehensive look at copyright decision making, participants are encourage to bring real-life problems for the group to consider and discuss. RDA Serials: Transitioning to RDA within a MARC 21 Framework (Session 2) Les Hawkins, Coordinator of the CONSER program at the Library of Congress Hien Nguyen, CONSER Specialist at the Library of Congress Valerie Bross, ERM/Continuing Resources Cataloging, Section team leader at UCLA Over the past two years, CONSER has been develop documentation, discussing best practices, and creating RDA bridge training. This workshop provides a basic overview of RDA instructions for serials and is aimed at experienced AACR2 catalogers making the transition to RDA. The session incorporates hands on exercises with examples from actual MARC 21 records and updates on PCC RDA implementation as appropriate. Complete conference schedule available online: http://nasig2013.sched.org/
[CODE4LIB] NASIG Annual Conference Call for Great Ideas Showcase Proposals
The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites Great Ideas Showcase proposals for the 28th North American Serials Interest Group conference in Buffalo, NY, June 6-9, 2013. The theme of the conference is Art of Information, Architecture of Knowledge. The first-ever Great Ideas Showcase (formerly Poster Sessions) will be held on Friday, June 7, 2013, 2:25-3:25 p.m. Presenters must be available to discuss their showcases during that time. The Great Ideas Showcase will provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas, new workflows, and new applications of technology in an interactive and informal setting. Great Ideas can be demonstrated in a variety of ways posters, laptops, tablets, e-readers, etc. Participants will be given a table to showcase their idea as attendees mingle amongst the tables. If requested a table top poster display board will be provided. Proposals may present a report of a research study, an analysis of a practical problem-solving effort, or a description of an innovative program that may be of interest to the serials community. Proposals should name any particular products or services that are integral to the content of the showcase. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, showcases should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any product, service, or institution. To propose a Great Idea, please use the online form: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/2013NASIGShowcase Proposals must be received by 5pm PDT on Friday, March 29, 2013. Members of the Program Planning Committee will evaluate abstracts, and presenters will be notified at the beginning of April 2013. Inquiries may be sent to the NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair, Karen Davidson and Kelli Getz at prog-p...@nasig.org. We look forward to seeing you in Buffalo!
