NASIG Newsletter

PUB/PR COMMITTEE SEEKS ADDITIONS TO UPDATED
SPEAKERS AND CONSULTANTS DIRECTORY
Glen Wiley, Co-Chair

Some of NASIG’s greatest assets are the talents, energies, and sharing natures of its members.  In order to make the most of the members’ assets, the NASIG Publications and Public Relations Committee has revamped and renamed the Human Resources Directory to the Speakers and Consultants Directory.  The Directory now features updated profiles, new subject categories, and more consistent profile information.

This revised Directory is provided to help anyone find topical experts who are willing to travel and speak at conferences, or be consulted personally about their areas of special expertise. You can browse the Directory by name or subject area.  The Speakers and Consultants Directory currently contains more than 30 member profiles and 60 topics.  Some of the new topics include: metadata schemas, open access, scholarly communications, institutional repositories, Web 2.0, RDA, usage statistics, and electronic resource management systems. To make use of this NASIG resource, go to http://www.nasig.org/publications/hrd/index.htm.

We would like to encourage all active NASIG members who are interested in being included in the Speakers and Consultants Directory to submit their profile to this growing directory. To create a new Speakers and Consultants Profile, please go to http://www.nasig.org/members/hrd/hrprofile.htm or click on the Speakers Profile form from the Directory home page.   In the form, you will be asked to provide your areas of expertise, a short personal statement, your speaker and consultant preferences, biographical information, relevant presentations and publications, as well as details about your current employment and contact information.  We plan to verify the contents of the directory’s information annually in the future.

We are seeking to help all members of the information community become aware of NASIG members who are willing to speak, advise, or consult on specific, topical areas of continuing interest to serialists.  Even if you do not wish to submit a profile, please spread the news of this directory resource to all those who can utilize it.