Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Call for Informal Session facilitator - NASIG 37th Annual Conference @NASIG #nasig2022

The NASIG Program Planning Committee is still seeking volunteers to facilitate a discussion about serials cataloging for the Information Discussion Groups.  If you are planning to attend the NASIG 37th Annual Conference in person and have experience with serials cataloging please consider submitting your name before May 1st.

Original Message:

The NASIG Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites ideas for topics and for volunteer discussion facilitators for Informal Discussion Groups and User Groups during the 37th Annual Conference.

The Program Planning Committee is looking for:

  • Volunteer(s) to facilitate a discussion on serials cataloging
  • Additional topics for these group discussions
  • Volunteers who would like to facilitate an Informal Discussion Group or a User Group (facilitators must be registered for the full in-person conference).

Informal Discussion Groups (formerly known as Networking Nodes) serve to promote discussion among NASIG attendees who have a shared interest in a topic, idea, workflow, or problem.   Areas of interest could include but are not limited to: collection management, digital preservation, DEIA, e-resources,  licensing, open access, scholarly communication and supervision, training. The emphasis of these sessions is open discussion and the generation of new ideas.

User Group meetings and Informal Discussion Groups will take place throughout the conference, which runs June 5-8 , 2022 .  

Please submit your suggestions or volunteer to lead a group.  The deadline for submissions of topics and volunteers is May 1, 2022

If you have any questions, you can contact the Program Planning Committee Chair and Vice-Chair, Sara Dennis and Jennifer Zuccaro, at ppc@internal.nasig.org