NASIG 27th Annual Conference-FIRST CALL FOR PROPOSALS publicist 16 Aug 2011 18:33 UTC
NASIG 27th Annual Conference Creating Harmony from Dis-Chord June 7 - 10, 2012 Nashville, Tennessee The 2012 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for conference sessions. Publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the field of electronic resources and serials are encouraged to submit proposals relating to scholarly communication, publishing, and resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged. The PPC is looking for topics within, though not limited to, the following learning tracks: Access and Discovery Acquisitions and Licensing Archiving and Preservation Cataloging and Metadata Collection Development eResources, eSerials, eBooks and eManagement Mobile Technology Open Access and Digital Repositories Publishing and Scholarly communication Standards To propose a program or idea, please use the online form <http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NASIG2012>. This Call for Proposals will close on September 16, 2011. Please note the following: * Formerly, NASIG conferences included sessions with the designations of Strategy and Tactic. These designations will not be used at the 2012 conference, and all sessions that formerly held these designations will be one hour long. * The Program Planning Committee 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 two to three speakers for conference sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-plan@nasig.org) * NASIG has a reimbursement policy <http://www.nasig.org/conference_compensation.cfm> for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. Inquiries may be sent to the PPC Chair (Michael Hanson) and Vice Chair (Karen Davidson) at: prog-plan@nasig.org We look forward to a great conference in Nashville! Michael Hanson and Karen Davidson NASIG PPC Chair and Vice Chair Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc. 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/. Amanda N. Price Publicist, NASIG, Inc. anprice@library.msstate.edu