NASIG 23rd Annual Conference

[Denise Novak <publicist@nasig.org>]

Second 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@nasig.org


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Denise D. Novak
Publicist and Past President, NASIG, Inc.
dn22@andrew.cmu.edu