NASIG Newsletter

PPC UPDATE
Erika Ripley and Sarah Wessel, PPC Co-Chairs

The Program Planning Committee is busy finalizing the details of what we believe is a great program. We are excited to announce our three vision speakers:

• Marshall Breeding, Director for Innovative Technologies and Research, Vanderbilt University
• Mike Kuniavsky, ThingM
• Carol Pitts Diedrichs, Dean of Libraries, University of Kentucky

In addition to the strategy and tactics sessions giving you lots of strategic and practical information, there will be several preconferences that provide opportunities to go in-depth in topics such as management, cataloging for non-catalogers, and metadata. For more information about these and other opportunities, check the conference website.

If you’re looking for ways to participate more actively in the Phoenix conference, you may want to submit a proposal for a poster session or volunteer to facilitate a user group or informal discussion group. The call for posters is included in below (deadline March 15), and the call for user group and informal discussion group facilitators will follow in mid-March.

We’re looking forward to seeing you in Phoenix!

CALL FOR POSTER SESSION PROPOSALS

The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites poster session proposals for the 23rd NASIG conference in Phoenix, Arizona, June 5-8, 2008. The theme of the conference is “Taking the Sting Out of Serials.” Posters will be on display 9:30-5:30 on Friday, June 6. Presenters should be available to discuss their topics during two break periods during this day.

Poster sessions provide an opportunity to share innovative ideas and new applications of technology. Sessions 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. In keeping with NASIG’s tradition of non-commercialism, poster sessions focusing solely on a commercial product will not be accepted. Additional guidelines for poster sessions are available: http://www.nasig.org/public/postersguidelines.html.

To apply, complete the online application form at: http://www.nasig.org/public/forms/poster.html

Deadline for submission: Applications must be received by 5 p.m. EST on Thursday, March 15, 2008. Members of the PPC’s Sub-committee on Poster Sessions will evaluate abstracts. Presenters will be notified by April 2, 2008.

Inquiries may be sent to the PPC co-chairs, Erika Ripley and Sarah Wessel at: prog-plan@nasig.org.