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NASIG is soliciting proposals for its 41st Annual Conference, to be held *June
2 - 4, 2026, in Madison, Wisconsin*. We are currently seeking in-person
presentations. Sessions will be one hour in length on topics related to the
areas defined in NASIG’s Core Competencies
<https://nasig.org/Core-Competencies>, including, but not limited to:

   - Electronic resource life cycle and management
   - Collection analysis, assessment, and development
   - Licensing and legal framework of library content
   - Ethical issues in technical services
   - Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata,
   linked data, and indexing
   - Standards, initiatives, and best practices for library content
   - Scholarly communication, including copyright, data management, and
   assessment and impact metrics
   - Institutional repositories, publishing, digital preservation, open
   educational resources, and open access
   - Life cycle and workflow of print continuing resources
   - Relationship building between libraries, vendors, publishers,
   standards bodies, and others involved in the information community
   - Supervision and management of staff working in areas relevant to NASIG
   - Management of projects related to electronic and/or print resources or
   scholarly communication
   - Use of artificial intelligence (AI) in technical services workflows
   - Initiatives and best practices in areas included in the core
   competencies and awareness of trends and ongoing developments in those areas
   - Diversity, equity, and inclusion in relation to libraries

Each session should include approximately 30-45 minutes of content, with
remaining time allotted for discussion.

Co-presenters are welcomed, but we ask that you limit submissions to no
more than three presenters. Presenters may be asked to combine sessions
with other presenters on similar topics.

Proposals are selected by the Program Planning Committee based on their
relevance to NASIG member interests.  Please refer to the Proposal
Resources page <https://nasig.org/Proposal-Resources> to see the rubric
used by the committee to evaluate submissions, as well as other resources
for crafting a successful proposal.

Presenters will have the option of publishing a conference report in the NASIG
Conference Proceedings <https://journals.publishing.umich.edu/nasig/>.

More information about the conference is available at
https://nasig.org/NASIG-Annual-Conference. Accepted presentations will be
offered a 50% discount off qualified registration for the conference.

Please submit all proposals using the online form at
https://proposalspace.com/calls/d/1903

The submission deadline is *December 19, 2025*

Questions? Please email [log in to unmask]

Calls for Spotlight Sessions and Great Ideas poster sessions will be
forthcoming. Presenters at these shorter sessions do not qualify for
discounted registration.


CJ Garcia

NASIG Social Media Coordinator