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NASIG 2026

Welcome to the NASIG 2026 Conference at the University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial. Union. Use the Venue Map link below to locate conference spaces. The Registration Desk is on the 2nd floor by the Annex Room. Wifi logon instructions are available here. Note: If you are registered with eduroam at your home institution you can connect to wifi using eduroam.

The NASIG Evaluation & Assessment Committee wants your feedback on the NASIG 2026 Annual Conference. To fill out the evaluation survey, please use the Google form.

Betsy Appleton

Tarlton Law Library, University of Texas

Associate Director for Technical Services and Collections

Austin, Texas

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3:00pm CDT

Registration + Information Desk

9:00am CDT

OpenRefine for Library Collections Data Old MadisonKaren Kohn

10:15am CDT

12:00pm CDT

Lunch (on your own)

1:00pm CDT

Welcome + Awards Great Hall

1:15pm CDT

Vision Session: Raina Bloom, "What Librarians Know" Great HallRaina Bloom

2:30pm CDT

Cancellations, Clicks, and Costs: Forecasting User Behavior with E-Resource Usage Data Multicultural Greek CouncilTaylor Ralph What Librarians Can Do: Unveiling the Fictions and Failures of Metrics in the Scholarly Information Ecosystem. Old MadisonWilla Camille Liburd • Moira Marsh

3:30pm CDT

Afternoon Break

4:00pm CDT

Slow Down for What Multicultural Greek CouncilErica Barnett

5:30pm CDT

Evening Reception Tripp Commons

6:30am CDT

NASIG Ramble The Graduate Hotel

9:00am CDT

From Assessment to Action: Using Gap Analysis to Strengthen Library Collections Old MadisonMegan Horn When the Past No Longer Serves You: Updating ER Workflows and Procedures Multicultural Greek CouncilTodd Enoch • Lisa Cuevas • Tracy Brewster Posters available for viewing Tripp Commons Vendor Expo Tripp Commons

10:00am CDT

10:30am CDT

You, Me, and Productivity / Keep it 100 at the SEA: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Departmental Change Multicultural Greek CouncilMichelle Colquitt • Jackie Blanton-Watkins

11:45am CDT

Vendor Lightning Talks Great Hall

1:00pm CDT

Lunch (on your own)

2:15pm CDT

Alices Adventures in NASIGland: A Musical Celebration of Forty Years of NASIG Great HallNicole Ameduri • John Felts • Heather Staines • Pappaparvathi "Bobbi" Patham

3:15pm CDT

Great Ideas Showcase: poster presenters available Tripp Commons Ice Cream Social Tripp Commons

4:30pm CDT

Snapshot Sessions Great HallBeth Ashmore • Dejah Rubel • Caterina Reed • Heather Staines • Teresa Thompson • Rea Devakos

6:30pm CDT

8:00pm CDT

Late Night Social

9:00am CDT

Beyond Collecting VPATs: Integrating Accessibility Testing into the E-Resource Acquisition Process Old MadisonZach Motts

10:00am CDT

10:30am CDT

Access in Flux: What Librarians Need to Know About the Changing Scholarly Landscape Old MadisonJohn Felts • Michelle Colquitt • Heather Staines

11:44am CDT

Lunch (on your own) and User Group meetings

11:45am CDT

Law Library User Group Lunch & UW Madison Law Library TourRebecca L. Bearden

2:00pm CDT

Vision Session: Mondo Vaden, Information and Intersectionality in the Digital Millennium Great HallMondo Vaden

3:00pm CDT

Afternoon Break

3:30pm CDT

Static is not just bad for the laundry: dealing with a stable(?) budget Old MadisonGretchen Gould • Clint Wrede • Susan Moore

4:30pm CDT

NASIG Business Meeting and Closing Remarks Great Hall