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.
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Do you ever try to use a file and find that it’s too big for Excel to handle? Do you need to edit many records at once or combine data from two different tables? OpenRefine —
“a powerful free, open source tool for working with messy data” —
can make these tasks simpler and faster. In a library setting, your data might come from catalog records, a KBART file, or usage reports. Your goal could be to check for inconsistencies in the catalog that should be corrected, compare e-resource collections, or evaluate usage of existing subscriptions. This interactive workshop will introduce you to the main features of the OpenRefine software, and together we will run through several projects using example files based on real-life projects. We’ll download the software together during the session, so please bring a laptop (Windows, Mac, or Linux) and come ready to participate.
