2013 Call for Proposals

The 2013 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, resource acquisition, management, and discovery. Proposals based on emerging trends, case studies, and descriptive and experimental research findings are encouraged.

This year PPC would like to develop programs focusing on the Core Competencies that the NASIG Core Competency Task Force developed for Electronic Resources Librarians. Please refer to the Core Competencies for the document.

Program topics from the Core Competencies: Electronic resource life cycle and managment Collection analysis and development Standards and systems of cataloging and classification, metadata, and indexing Technology and providing access to electronic resources Licensing and legal framework Standards, initiatives, and best practices Scholarly communication

This Call for Proposals will close on September 14, 2012. Inquiries may be sent to the chairs, Karen Davidson and Kelli Getz, at: prog-plan@nasig.org

• All sessions will be allotted 60 minutes for the presentation and questions.
• 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 for conference speakers whose organizations do not cover expenses.