NASIG Call for Proposals publicist 19 Oct 2010 16:52 UTC
The second Call for Proposals for the NASIG 2011 conference will close this Friday, October 22, 2010. Inquiries may be sent to the Program Planning Committee co-chairs, Anne Mitchell and Michael Hanson, at: prog-plan@nasig.org. NASIG 26th Annual Conference Gateway to Collaboration June 2-5, 2011 St. Louis, Missouri The 2011 Program Planning Committee (PPC) invites proposals for preconference, vision, strategy, and tactics sessions. The program planners are interested in hearing from publishers, vendors, librarians, and others in the field of serials and electronic resources about issues relating to scholarly communication, publishing, and resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals related to ebook management, discovery services, changing roles for support staff, and cataloging standards and workflow are particularly timely. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged. To propose a program or idea, please use the online form [http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/NASIG2011]. Please note the following: · The Program Planning Committee reviews all submitted proposals and hopes to notify applicants of the status of their proposals in December 2010. · 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 speakers for Tactics sessions or three speakers for Strategy sessions. Panels of four (4) or more speakers must be discussed in advance with the Program Planning Committee (prog-plan@nasig.org). · Proposals may be accepted as a different type of session than was originally suggested; this decision is the purview of the Program Planning Committee. · NASIG has a reimbursement policy for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses. We look forward to seeing you in St. Louis! - Anne Mitchell and Michael Hanson NASIG PPC Co-Chairs 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/. Betsy Appleton Publicist, NASIG, Inc. eapplet1@gmu.edu