Attend NASIG’s 28th Annual Conference June 6th to June 9th 2013, Buffalo, NY Don’t be disappointed! Register for the conference and book your hotel room NOW before the NASIG room block fills up. http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm Spotlight on Vision Speakers NASIG has pulled together an outstanding lineup of vision speakers who will share their expertise as we explore the Art of Information and the Architecture of Knowledge! Bryan Alexander, Senior Fellow, National Inst. for Technology in Liberal Education NASIG Presentation: “Libraries and Mobile Technologies in the Age of the Visible College” Attend this session for insights on how the mobile revolution has and will transform libraries, to review recent changes—e-book renaissance, media ecosystems, nearly-always-on user access, “place as library” instead of ‘library as place”-- and to consider the future based on an analysis of current trends. Publication Topics: Emerging pedagogical forms enabled by mobile technologies, learning processes and outcomes associated with immersive environments (as in gaming and augmented reality) and their applications. Recent publication is “Should Liberal Arts Campuses Do Digital Humanities?” in Debates in the Digital Humanities (University of Minnesota Press, 2012). Quote: “Imagine a student heading to college in 2022. How will her campus experience differ from ours? What changes has digital technology made?... To imagine those futures, we need to identify what shapes them. What are the most powerful forces currently driving change in higher education? “Imagining the Future of Higher Education,” EDUCAUSE Quarterly, December 15, 2011. Megan Oakleaf—Associate Professor, iSchool at Syracuse University NASIG Presentation: “The Value of Serials in Academic and Special Libraries” Attend this session on the challenge of defining, demonstrating, & communicating the impact of serials. Publication Topics: Outcomes assessment, evidence-based decision making, information literacy instruction, information services, and digital librarianship. Recent publication “Building the Assessment Librarian Guildhall: Criteria and Skills for Quality Assessment Librarian” appears in the first 2013 issue of the Journal of Academic Librarianship. Quote: “Academic library value and impact exist on an individual level. In other works, the difference that academic libraries make in the lives of users typically happens one user at a time.” “Building the Assessment Librarian Guildhall: Criteria and Skills for Quality Assessment Librarian” Journal of Academic Librarianship, 39 (2013). Siva Vaidhyanathan, Professor of Media Studies & Law at University of Virginia NASIG Presentation: “Googlization and the Challenge of Big Data” Attend this session on questions about privacy and intellectual policy of Big Data and why Big Data research should include projects that examine the cultural, intellectual, and societal implications. Publication Topics: Critical information studies, politics of information, intellectual property rights, cultural, political and economic impact of information technology. Recent book is The Googlization of Everything -- and Why We Should Worry , published in 2011 by University of California Press Quote: “This endeavor, which I call the Human Knowledge Project, would identify a series of policy challenges, infrastructure needs, philosophical insights and technological challenges with a single realizable goal in mind: to organize the world’s information and make it universally accessible. I am sure Google won’t mind if we copy its mission statement.” The Googlization of Everything (and Why We Should Worry), (University of California Press, 2011) p. 205. Attend NASIG! NASIG continues its tradition of offering conferences that have strong, engaging programs and numerous opportunities to discuss issues and network in a relaxed environment with colleagues—publishers, vendors, print and e-resources providers and librarians. For more information, see: http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm