CDL: NASIG 23rd Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ

From: John P. Abbott <AbbottJP_at_appstate.edu>
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2007 15:04:22 -0400
To: COLLDV-L_at_usc.edu
Subject: NASIG 23rd Annual Conference
From: Denise Novak <publicist_at_nasig.org>

2nd Call for Papers: North American Serial Interest Group
23rd Annual Conference “Taking the Sting Out of Serials”
Date: June 5-8, 2008
Location: Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort, Phoenix, Arizona

The 2008 NASIG Annual Conference will be held June 5-8, 2008, at 
Tapatio Cliffs Hilton Resort, Phoenix, Arizona.  The conference 
program will feature ideas and issues that relate to electronic 
resources, scholarly communication, serials, and publishing. 
Conference presenters will include publishers, librarians, 
subscription agents, and library systems vendors.

In order to prepare a comprehensive program, the Program Planning 
Committee is issuing a second and final call for program proposals. 
PPC welcomes submissions related to the following topics:
* Vendor/library relationships -- vendor responses to customers' 
suggestions
* E-resources -- licensing and perpetual access, e-books, print on 
demand, ERMS
* Collection management -- serials preservation 
(binding/reformatting/offsite storage)
* Digital collections -- institutional repositories, digital 
preservation, metadata outside the library
* Cataloging -- rda and serials cataloging, MARC local holdings, 
government publications issues (batchloading, minimal records)
* Technology -- federated searching, OPACs – display issues and 
alternatives from the traditional systems, information seeking 
behaviors in electronic environments, practical applications for 
current and emerging technology
* Needs and practices of non-academic libraries
* Personnel management -- supervision, workflow, training and 
retraining in libraries
* Serials and e-resources in the reference department
* Career development in serials

The Program Planning Committee will review all submitted proposals for 
their content, timeliness, and relevance to the conference theme and 
reserves the right to combine, blend, or refocus proposals to maximize 
their relevance and to avoid duplication.  In addition, the Committee 
will treat all submissions as suggestions and guideposts.  Time 
management issues and reimbursement guidelines generally limit each 
session to two speakers.  Also note that proposals may be suggested as 
one type of session and/or format and ultimately be accepted as any 
one of the other types of sessions or formats; this decision is the 
purview of the Program Planning Committee.  Vision and Strategy 
speakers are required to produce a written paper for the conference 
proceedings.  ALL presentations must be original and not previously 
presented at other conferences.

For more information about the North American Serials Interest Group, 
please see: http://www.nasig.org.  NASIG has a reimbursement policy 
for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. 
For more information about this policy, please see: 
http://www.nasig.org/public/reimbursement_policy.htm.


For complete program information, please see the original Call for 
Proposals and Program Ideas Suggestions at 
http://nasig.org/conferences/2008proposals.html.

To suggest a proposal or an idea, please fill out the submission form: 
http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/idea.htm.  The deadline for this 
call for proposals and ideas is October 15, 2007.

Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Erika Ripley or Sarah 
Wessel at: prog-plan_at_nasig.org.


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Denise D. Novak
Publicist and Past President, NASIG, Inc.
dn22_at_andrew.cmu.edu
Received on Wed Oct 10 2007 - 03:12:32 EDT