NASIG 2014: Full Schedule

NASIG 29th Annual Conference
Taking Stock and Taming New Frontiers
May 1-4, 2014
Ft. Worth, Texas

Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. (NASIG) is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials and the broader issues of scholarly communication. NASIG welcomes anyone interested in the serials information chain. Inspired by the United Kingdom Serials Group (UKSG), NASIG held its first conference at Bryn Mawr College in June 1986. The annual conference, usually held in late May or June, offers a premier opportunity to meet others representing the diverse interests of the serials community and to hear speakers who are on the cutting edge of scholarly communication.

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Expanding Technicians' Work Beyond the ILS

Silos are not limited to big departments. When I started at UB, the two technical services technicians did either acquisitions or physical processing of new materials, but not both. Their work was limited by system – if it wasn’t in the ILS, someone else did it. Following the principle of “whoever has the item/information completes the work”, technicians now add items to WorldCat Lists and create invoices for gifts as part of cataloging; do physical processing of standing orders as part of acquisitions; and are learning to maintain journal holdings in Serials Solutions and E-books in SFX.

Speakers

Betty Landesman

Betty Landesman has held positions in technical services and electronic resources management in a variety of academic and special libraries, and is co-chair of the NISO Content and Collection Management Topic Committee with Marti Heyman. She is a long-time Charleston, NASIG, and ER&L... Read More →

Friday May 2, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Crystal Ballroom A/B

Snapshot Session

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Keep On Knockin' But You Can't Come In: Access Denials and E-Journal Selection

In 2012, librarians at UNC-Chapel Hill examined journal activity reports for titles with one of their Big Deal publishers to determine if there was an evident demand for journals we weren't entitled to access. Based upon this data, we exercised our "swap allowance" to gain access to the most highly sought after titles. This session will present before and after snapshots of usage after a full year of subscription access.

Speakers

Megan Kilb

E-Resources Librarian, UNC-Chapel Hill

Friday May 2, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Crystal Ballroom A/B

Snapshot Session

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Snapshot Sessions

The Snapshot Sessions will consist of a number of 5-7 minute presentations in which presenters quickly describe a project, workflow, or idea of interest to NASIG attendees. The Snapshot Sessions will be moderated by PPC member Kittie Henderson.

Friday May 2, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Crystal Ballroom A/B

Snapshot Session

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Taming Print Journal Collections... To Boldly Weed Where No One Has Weeded Before

Over the past few years, Bucknell University’s Bertrand Library has made many changes to evolve our services, physical library space, and collections in response to changing expectations and needs of our researchers. Our Collection Development team was charged with a task to develop a plan that would holistically examine our print journal collection and forecast what would be required for a single-effort de-accessioning project, aiming to weed our print journal collection by 50% or more. I will present our planning process, criteria, and grand reconceptualization for the space.

Speakers

Kathryn Dalius

Serials Specialist, Bucknell University

Friday May 2, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Crystal Ballroom A/B

Snapshot Session

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Transfer Working Group Update

This snapshot session will include a brief description of Transfer (a UKSG initiative) and will update attendees on the work of the Transfer Working Group and the Code of Practice, Version 3.0. Best practice guidelines when there is a transfer of journal content between parties, are still critical to ensuring that journal content remains accessible. We’ll cover every Transfer related matter we can fit in 5 minutes – including the Transfer Alerting Service.

Speakers

Dani Roach

Head of Serials & Electronic Resource Acquisitions, University of St. Thomas

Friday May 2, 2014 5:00pm - 6:00pm CDT
Crystal Ballroom A/B

Snapshot Session

NASIG 2014

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Betty Landesman

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Megan Kilb

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Kathryn Dalius

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Dani Roach

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