NASIG 2026

NASIG 2026

Welcome to the NASIG 2026 Conference. The conference will take place at University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Memorial. Union on June 2-4, 2026. Check out 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.

Please visit the NASIG website for conference details.

Courtney McAllister

Atypon

Senior Solution Architect

Philadelphia, PA

About me

Solution Architect | Associate Editor of The Serials Librarian and Serials Review | Author of Change Management for Library Technologists: A LITA Guide | Co-editor of From Chaos to Order: Addressing Cognitive Overload in the Learning Journey

9:00am CDT

OpenRefine for Library Collections Data TBAKaren Kohn

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 Council RoomTaylor Ralph

3:30pm CDT

Afternoon Break

4:00pm CDT

From Transactional to Transformational: Partnership-Driven Open Access BeefeatersJohn Felts • Matthew Ragucci Three Lenses of Collection Intelligence: Using AI to Connect Institutional Research, Discovery, and Use Old MadisonMarlene van Ballegooie

5:30pm CDT

Evening Reception Tripp Commons

9:00am CDT

Who Benefits? Assessing the Author Experience and Impact of Open Access Publishing Agreements Multicultural Greek Council RoomLindsey Skaggs • Rachel Scott Posters available for viewing Tripp Commons Vendor Expo Tripp Commons

11:45am CDT

Vendor Lightning Talks TBA

2:15pm CDT

Teaching Old Data New Tricks: Using AI to Solve Legacy Metadata Problems in Serials and Government Documents Multicultural Greek Council RoomMarlene van Ballegooie • Juliya Borie • Natalia Mykhaylychenko

3:15pm CDT

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

4:30pm CDT

Snapshot Sessions TBA

8:00pm CDT

Late Night Social

9:00am CDT

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

10:30am CDT

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

2:00pm CDT

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

4:30pm CDT

NASIG Business Meeting and Closing Remarks TBA