Bookings are now open for NAG’s 14th edition of the highly successful Collection Development for Academic Libraries Seminar which takes place at the Friends House, 173-177 Euston Rd, London NW1 2BJ, on Thursday 16th May 2024 alongside our separate Public Library Forum.  A full programme is available to download on the event webpage; confirmed papers include:

• A new workflow for the acquisition & supply of accessible texts, Kevin O’Donovan, LSE
• Dumping the spreadsheet: implementing electronic resources management software at Canterbury Christ Church University, Theresa Thurston, Canterbury Christ Church University
• Great Barrier Grief: taught students’ experiences of and frustrations with e-book and e-textbook platforms in HE, Philip Barraclough, University of Exeter Library
• Cataloguing 2024, Anne Welsh, Beginning Cataloguing
  
• AI vs API: exploring automated approaches to retrieving data to support purchasing decisions, Isobel Archer and Laura D’Silva, Leeds University Library
  

Ticket prices have been held at £160+VAT for NAG Members and £210+VAT for non-members.  Do drop us a message if you’re not sure about your Institution’s membership status and we would be happy to check.  In the interests of widening participation, we are offering any further tickets booked for the same Institution at half price – so buy one, get one (or more!) half price.  Please email the NAG office to take advantage of this offer and we will send you a custom invoice.

Our Gold Sponsor for NAG Seminar is Browns Books.

Best wishes

Jennie, Christine and the NAG Exec Team