NASIG Newsletter

PPC UPDATE
Erika Ripley and Sarah Wessel, Co-Chairs

PPC is gearing up for work on what we hope will be another great conference.  The 2008 theme is “Taking the Sting Out of Serials.”  The submission form for program proposals and ideas is available online: http://nasig.org/public/forms/idea.htm.  The first round of submissions will be reviewed after August 20th.  Ideas submitted after that time will be considered in a second round of reviews; look for a second call in early September for more details.  The committee is particularly interested in hearing from publishers, vendors, librarians, and others about issues relating to scholarly communication, licensing, and publishing.  If you have a suggestion for a great topic or speaker, please don’t hesitate to share that information with PPC and to encourage colleagues to submit proposals.

The evaluation and assessment report for the 2007 annual conference will serve as a valuable planning tool as PPC considers ideas about the program schedule, the number and types of sessions, and ways to include a wider range of speakers.  If you have thoughts you want to share with the committee, please contact us at prog-plan@nasig.org.

We look forward to seeing your program ideas soon!