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Date: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 10:56:57 -0500

NASIG is soliciting proposals for its 35th Annual Conference, to be held
June 8-12, 2020, in Spokane, WA.

NASIG seeks proposals for one-hour conference sessions on topics related to
scholarly communication and publishing, and the acquisition, management,
and discovery of library collections. We particularly welcome proposals
related to the areas defined in NASIG’s Core Competencies
<http://www.nasig.org/site_page.cfm?pk_association_webpage_menu=310&pk_association_webpage=1225>,
including:

   - Electronic resource life cycle and management
   - Collection analysis, assessment, and development
   - Licensing and legal framework of library content
   - 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
   - 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 1-hour session should include approximately 45-50 minutes of content,
with time left for discussion. Presentations are selected by the Program
Planning Committee based on their relevance to NASIG interests.
Co-presenters are welcomed, but we ask that you limit submissions to no
more than three presenters. All presenters will be asked to publish a
conference report in the NASIG Proceedings, which will be published through
the journal *Serials Librarian*. Additional information for speakers can be
found on our speaker resources page.



Accepted presenters will be offered a $100 discount on the cost of
registration.

Please submit all proposals using the online form
<https://proposalspace.com/calls/d/1114> at
https://proposalspace.com/calls/d/1114. The submission deadline is *Monday,
December 2, 2019*.



*If you have any questions, please contact the Program Planning Committee
(PPC) Co-Chairs, Wendy Robertson and Megan Kilb, at **[log in to unmask]*
<[log in to unmask]>*.*



NASIG is an independent organization working to advance and transform the
management of information resources. Our ultimate goal is to facilitate and
improve the distribution, acquisition, and long-term accessibility of
information resources in all formats and business models. Visit
http://www.nasig.org/ for more information.