NASIG 30th Annual Conference
NASIG at 30: Building the Digital Future
May 27-30, 2015
Washington, D.C.

The 2015 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals
for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians,
and others in the fields of electronic resources and serials
are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly
communication, publishing, resource acquisition, management,
and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case
studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings
are encouraged.

This is the 30th year of the NASIG conference, and we are
particularly interested in proposals that look at historic
trend analysis of the serials industry over the past 30
years, as well as visions of the future of the industry
based on our history.

As we have in recent years, the PPC specifically welcomes
programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG
Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic
Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies,
http://bit.ly/1ovwjkk.

Program topics from the Core Competencies:
• Electronic resource life cycle and management
• Collection analysis and development
• Standards and systems of cataloging and classification,
metadata, and indexing
• Technology and providing access to electronic resources
• Licensing and legal framework
• Standards, initiatives, and best practices
• Scholarly communication

Please use the online form,
http://proposalspace.com/calls/d/392, to submit a proposal
or program or idea. This Call for Proposals will close on
November 15, 2014.

Please note the following:

• The PPC welcomes proposals that are still in the
formative stages, and may work with potential presenters to
focus their proposals further.
• Proposals should name any particular products or
services that are integral to the content of the
presentation. However, as a matter of NASIG policy, programs
should not be used as a venue to promote or attack any
product, service, or institution.
• Time management issues generally limit each session to
one to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of
four (4) or more speakers are discouraged must be discussed
in advance with the Program Planning Committee
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• Please refer to the NASIG reimbursement policy,
http://bit.ly/YIeyYA, for reimbursement of speaker expenses.
• All session speakers must complete a Memorandum of
Understanding (MOU) prior to speaking at the conference.

Inquiries may be sent to PPC at: [log in to unmask]

We look forward to a great conference in Arlington!

Anna Creech and Danielle Williams
NASIG PPC Chair and Vice-Chair


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Charlene N. Simser
Publicist, NASIG, Inc.
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Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization
that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all
members of the serials information chain – anyone working
with or concerned about serial publications. For more
information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.

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Charlene N. Simser
Publicist, NASIG, Inc.
[log in to unmask] | @NASIG
~ ~ ~ ~ ~
Established in 1985, NASIG is an independent organization
that promotes communication and sharing of ideas among all
members of the serials information chain – anyone working
with or concerned about serial publications.  For more
information about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.