NASIG 2026: Full Schedule

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.

3:00pm CDT

Registration + Information Desk

Monday June 1, 2026 3:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

Registration

8:00am CDT

Quiet Room

Tuesday June 2, 2026 8:00am - 5:30pm CDT

Capitol View Room

Enjoy this room as a place to pray, meditate, read, relax, or just about anything you need for some self-care.
Please refrain from phone calls and conversation, but you can expect some low-level activity resulting in minimal noise.

Tuesday June 2, 2026 8:00am - 5:30pm CDT
Capitol View Room

8:00am CDT

Registration + Information Desk

Tuesday June 2, 2026 8:00am - 5:30pm CDT

Registration

9:00am CDT

Cataloging Comics and Zines

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

TBA

Mandy Hurt, Serials Description Librarian and Coordinator, Duke University Libraries, will address cataloging comics.
Heidy Berthoud, who is the Assistant Section Head of the Policy, Training, and Cooperative Programs Division of the Library of Congress, will discuss ethical issues around cataloging and proposing subject and genre headings for zines.

Speakers

Heidy Berthoud

Mandy Hurt

Serials Description Librarian and Coordinator, Duke University Libraries

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
TBA

Workshop

9:00am CDT

Introduction to Serials Cataloging

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

TBA

Speakers

Steve Shadle

Head, Serials Cataloging, University of Washington

Steve plans, organizes, and directs the work of the Serials Cataloging Unit at the UW Libraries. His background in serial standards began with his work as an ISSN Cataloger at the Library of Congress and currently serves as the coordinator of the CONSER Open Access Journals project... Read More →

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
TBA

Workshop

9:00am CDT

OpenRefine for Library Collections Data

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT

TBA

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...
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Speakers

Karen Kohn

Collections Analysis Librarian, Temple University

Tuesday June 2, 2026 9:00am - 12:00pm CDT
TBA

Workshop

10:15am CDT

Morning Break

Tuesday June 2, 2026 10:15am - 10:45am CDT

Break

12:00pm CDT

Lunch (on your own)

Tuesday June 2, 2026 12:00pm - 1:15pm CDT

Break

1:00pm CDT

Welcome + Awards

Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 1:15pm CDT

Great Hall

Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:00pm - 1:15pm CDT
Great Hall

General Session

1:15pm CDT

Vision Session: Raina Bloom, "What Librarians Know"

Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT

Great Hall

In this talk, Raina Bloom, Reference Services Coordinator for UW-Madison Libraries, will begin with two foundational questions. First, what do librarians know through the work that we do? And, second, what is the purpose of knowing what we know?Librarians are highly-regarded, trusted, and even beloved, yet misunderstandings about our expertise and skills are common. Additionally, when librarians...
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Speakers

Raina Bloom

Reference Services Coordinator, University of Wisconsin-Madison

BA, English, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 2001

MLIS, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, 2007. Thesis on gender, discourse analysis, and the professional values of librarians (Dr. Hope Olson, supervisor)

I've worked in both public and academic libraries in Wisconsin since 2001... Read More →

Tuesday June 2, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm CDT
Great Hall

General Session

2:30pm CDT

Cancellations, Clicks, and Costs: Forecasting User Behavior with E-Resource Usage Data

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

This presentation discusses and shares the results of a research project following the cancellation of the library’s largest journal subscription package. The topic of this presentation is collection analysis, assessment, and development, and also addresses NASIG’s Core Competencies for Electronic Resource Librarians in the area of Research & Assessment (3), specifically numbers 3.2, 3.5, and...
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Speakers

Taylor Ralph

Collection Assessment Librarian, Oregon State University

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

2:30pm CDT

Collecting and Managing Streaming Video from Independent Creators

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT

Beefeaters

There is an incredibly rich and diverse ecosystem of independent films growing every day. For libraries, it can be difficult to navigate how to reach out to an independent filmmaker to get a film from their hard drive into the library catalog.Acquiring streaming video from small vendors or directly from independent filmmakers often requires significant front-end work by libraries. Navigating how...
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Speakers

Sarah Meisch-Lacombe

Strategic Acquisitions Librarian, Yale University

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

2:30pm CDT

What Librarians Can Do: Unveiling the Fictions and Failures of Metrics in the Scholarly Information Ecosystem.

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT

Old Madison

Research metrics shape academic careers, influence funding priorities, and quietly drive inequities across disciplines. Many researchers and subject specialists encounter these systems as neutral or inevitable. In this session, a subject librarian and a scholarly communication librarian examine two intertwined critiques of metric culture. Together, the presenters highlight how deeply metrics...
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Speakers

Willa Camille Liburd

Research Impact & Open Scholarship Librarian, Indiana University

Hi! In my work I manage open scholarship resources at IU Bloomington Libraries and provide publication data and data analysis to library administration, as well as colleges and departments, for institutional decision-making. I am committed to advancing inclusion and belonging in my... Read More →

Moira Marsh

Tuesday June 2, 2026 2:30pm - 3:30pm CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

3:30pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Tuesday June 2, 2026 3:30pm - 4:00pm CDT

Break

4:00pm CDT

From Transactional to Transformational: Partnership-Driven Open Access

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

Beefeaters

This presentation offers a case study examining the success of a Transformational Agreement with a consortium member. It demonstrates how a structured TA supports institutions by streamlining collections budgets, improving publication workflows, and advancing the Open Access mission of making research more freely available. The presentation provides dual perspectives from both the library and...
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Speakers

John Felts

Head of Information Technology and Collections, Coastal Carolina University

John is currently the Head of Information Technology and Collections at Coastal Carolina University. He has worked in academic library technology for over 30 years and is a former patent holder and co-founder of Journal Finder, the first OpenURL Resolver and knowledge base to go into... Read More →

Matthew Ragucci

Director of Product Marketing, Wiley

I am Wiley’s resident librarian, with over 15 years of experience in libraries and scholarly publishing. As the Director of Institutional Product Marketing, I lead a global team responsible for go-to-market strategies, product positioning and messaging, sales enablement, and industry... Read More →

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

4:00pm CDT

Slow Down for What

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

Slow Librarianship made its debut in 2017 in an In the Library with the Lead Pipe article written by Julia Glassman, but the concept had been around before that with the Slow Food movement that took off in the late 1980s. The idea of Slow, as it applies to our lifestyles, resists the fast-paced culture that modern-day living and technology demand of us and instead encourages us to focus on...
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Speakers

Erica Barnett

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

4:00pm CDT

Three Lenses of Collection Intelligence: Using AI to Connect Institutional Research, Discovery, and Use

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT

Old Madison

Academic libraries steward large and complex collections to support teaching and research, yet determining how well these collections align with what users produce, seek, and use remains a persistent challenge. Traditional assessment practices rely primarily on circulation and e-resource usage metrics—measures that capture only a fragment of user engagement. These approaches overlook two equally...
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Speakers

Marlene van Ballegooie

Metadata Technologies Manager, University of Toronto

Marlene van Ballegooie is the Metadata Technologies Manager at the University of Toronto Libraries. She received her MISt degree from the Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto. At the University of Toronto Libraries, Marlene is responsible for the Metadata Technologies... Read More →

Tuesday June 2, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

5:30pm CDT

Evening Reception

Tuesday June 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT

Tripp Commons

Join your colleagues in Tripp Commons and outside on the Tripp Deck for a menu of of heavy hors d’oeuvres. A selection of soft drinks and alcoholic beverages will be available at a cash/card bar. Stop by the First-Timers tables to welcome new NASIG friends.

Tuesday June 2, 2026 5:30pm - 7:30pm CDT
Tripp Commons

Social

6:30am CDT

NASIG Ramble

Wednesday June 3, 2026 6:30am - 7:30am CDT

The Graduate Hotel

Join NASIG colleagues for a walk through Capitol Square down to the shore of Lake Monona and to the Frank Lloyd Wright designed Monona Terrace building before walking along the lakefront Capital City Trail to Law Park. This is an out and back route that is approximately 3 miles. Ramblers can choose to complete the full route or head back after completing a partial route. All ages and abilities...
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Wednesday June 3, 2026 6:30am - 7:30am CDT
The Graduate Hotel

Social

8:30am CDT

Quiet Room

Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:30am - 5:30pm CDT

Capitol View Room

Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:30am - 5:30pm CDT
Capitol View Room

8:30am CDT

Registration + Information Desk

Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:30am - 5:30pm CDT

Registration

9:00am CDT

From Assessment to Action: Using Gap Analysis to Strengthen Library Collections

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Old Madison

This session explores a systematic gap analysis of library resources supporting 15 academic programs across six colleges. By reviewing over 150 databases and hundreds of core journals, we identified strengths and deficiencies to inform a strategic, data-driven collection development plan.

Speakers

Megan Horn

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

9:00am CDT

When the Past No Longer Serves You: Updating ER Workflows and Procedures

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Beefeaters

A discussion of the University of North Texas Libraries review of various workflows and processes related to Electronic Resources and changes implemented to make them more efficient.

Speakers

Todd Enoch

Head of Collection Development, University of North Texas

Todd Enoch obtained his MLS in 2005 from the University of North Texas while working in their library as a staff member, first in Cataloging and later in Serials. In February 2006, Todd was hired as a librarian at UNT in the Serials unit, remaining in the unit as its head until 2024... Read More →

Lisa Cuevas

Subscription & Resource Management Librarian, University of North Texas

Tracy Brewster

University of North Texas

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

9:00am CDT

Who Benefits? Assessing the Author Experience and Impact of Open Access Publishing Agreements

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

Illinois State University’s Milner Library has twelve transformative agreements, and as of December 2025 has supported the publication of 200 open access articles, benefiting 426 authors including ISU faculty and students, as well as collaborators from outside institutions. This session will report on findings from surveys and interviews conducted with ISU authors who have made use of these...
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Speakers

Lindsey Skaggs

Scholarly Communication Librarian, Illinois State University

Rachel Scott

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

9:00am CDT

Posters available for viewing

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm CDT

Tripp Commons

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm CDT
Tripp Commons

General Session

9:00am CDT

Vendor Expo

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm CDT

Tripp Commons

Wednesday June 3, 2026 9:00am - 5:00pm CDT
Tripp Commons

General Session

10:00am CDT

Morning Break

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am CDT

Break

10:30am CDT

Collaborative Approaches to Streamlining Print & E-Resource Cancellation and Conversion Workflows

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Old Madison

Developing a new workflow for print and electronic serial cancellations and conversions using a cross-unit collaborative approach.

Speakers

Missy Motl

Electronic Resources Management Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Marissa Tartaglia

Serials Acquisitions Manager, University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries

Katharine Mamrosh

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

10:30am CDT

Understanding Wikipedia's Epistemology

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Beefeaters

This presentation will examine the ins and outs of how English Wikipedia evaluates and uses sources, academic and otherwise, from the theoretical principles enshrined in its policies and guidelines, to the collaborative, often-messy process of applying these principles to concrete examples of sources and article content. In addition to presenting an introduction to these behind-the-scenes aspects...
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Speakers

Jonathan Yehuda Engel

Distinctive Collections Cataloger, University of Pittsburgh

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

10:30am CDT

You, Me, and Productivity / Keep it 100 at the SEA: Navigating the Choppy Waters of Departmental Change

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

Changes and innovations in libraries are almost ubiquitous. What happens when you have a say in specific changes and innovations? In the presentation “You, Me, and Productivity,” Jackie Blanton-Watkins of Kennesaw State University will discuss leveling up into an Assistant Director position and rethinking productivity to make sure the team is doing work with impact, both...
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Speakers

Michelle Colquitt

Continuing Resources & Government Information Management Librarian, Clemson University Libraries

Greetings! My name is Michelle Colquitt and I am the Continuing Resources and Government Information Management Librarian at Clemson University. I'm an introverted people person who loves to make connections and chat about library technical services. I'm looking forward to meeting... Read More →

Jackie Blanton-Watkins

Assistant Director of Resource Strategy and Collection Analytics Librarian, Kennesaw State University

I have worked in libraries for over 15 years. I have worked at Kennesaw State University (in the metro Atlanta area) since 2018 and have worn many hats in both traditional technical services and collection development roles with e-resource management. I have been in my current role... Read More →

Wednesday June 3, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

11:45am CDT

Vendor Lightning Talks

Wednesday June 3, 2026 11:45am - 1:00pm CDT

TBA

Wednesday June 3, 2026 11:45am - 1:00pm CDT
TBA

General Session

1:00pm CDT

Lunch (on your own)

Wednesday June 3, 2026 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT

Break

2:15pm CDT

Alices Adventures in NASIGland: A Musical Celebration of Forty Years of NASIG

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT

Great Hall

Speakers

Nicole Ameduri

Head of Account Development, North America, Springer Nature

John Felts

Head of Information Technology and Collections, Coastal Carolina University

Heather Staines

Senior Consultant, Delta Think

I'm a consultant for scholarly publishers and vendors, and I am also Director of Community Engagement for the Delta Think Open Access Data & Analytics Tool. In my spare time I write musicals about metadata!

Pappaparvathi "Bobbi" Patham

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Great Hall

Concurrent Session

2:15pm CDT

Integrating student workers into e-resources projects: Where, when, and how

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT

Old Madison

Student workers are an invaluable resource for libraries in all areas of service. They often provide support for circulation, public, and reference services, and given the opportunity, they can also provide essential support for technical services. The University of San Diego Copley Library has a rich history of employing undergraduate student workers as part of the library’s Federal Work/Study...
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Speakers

Amy Pham

Senior Electronic and Open Content Librarian, University of San Diego

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

2:15pm CDT

Teaching Old Data New Tricks: Using AI to Solve Legacy Metadata Problems in Serials and Government Documents

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

Libraries have long grappled with the complexities of legacy metadata, particularly in serials and government documents, where inconsistent practices, evolving cataloging standards, and repeated system migrations create persistent data quality problems. Tasks once viewed as too time-consuming or difficult to tackle at scale are becoming increasingly manageable with the rise of practical,...
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Speakers

Marlene van Ballegooie

Metadata Technologies Manager, University of Toronto

Juliya Borie

Cataloguing Librarian, University of Toronto

Juliya Borie is a Metadata Librarian at the University of Toronto Libraries. She is responsible for managing resources description for serials and monographic materials in a variety of languages and formats. Her research interests include resource discovery, linked data and multilingual... Read More →

Natalia Mykhaylychenko

Metadata Creation Specialist, University of Toronto

Natalia Mykhaylychenko is a Metadata Creation Specialist at the University of Toronto Libraries. She received her Master of Information degree from the Faculty of Information, University of Toronto. In her role, Natalia is responsible for cataloguing serials and monographs in print... Read More →

Wednesday June 3, 2026 2:15pm - 3:15pm CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

3:15pm CDT

Great Ideas Showcase: poster presenters available

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT

Tripp Commons

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
Tripp Commons

General Session

3:15pm CDT

Ice Cream Social

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT

TBA

Talk with vendors and poster presenters while you enjoy some Babcock ice cream, produced by UW-Madison's College of Agricultural and Life Sciences!

Wednesday June 3, 2026 3:15pm - 4:30pm CDT
TBA

Social

4:30pm CDT

Snapshot Sessions

Wednesday June 3, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT

TBA

Wednesday June 3, 2026 4:30pm - 5:30pm CDT
TBA

General Session

6:30pm CDT

Dine-arounds

Wednesday June 3, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT

Dine-arounds are an opportunity to enjoy good food and the company of NASIG colleagues. Please sign up at the registration desk by 1pm on June 3rd if you would like to participate. Diners pay for their own meals. Dine-arounds will be limited to groups of 10 and attendees will meet at the restaurant at 6.30pm. Pleas ask for the NASIG table when you get to the restaurant. The Conference Planning...
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Wednesday June 3, 2026 6:30pm - 8:30pm CDT

Break

8:00pm CDT

Late Night Social

Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT

Gather with your fellow NASIG attendees and friends for an evening of board and card games. Bring your favorite games and if you’re a crafter, feel free to bring your current project!
The Social will be held on the Terrace or in Der Rathskeller if it is raining.

Wednesday June 3, 2026 8:00pm - 10:00pm CDT

Break

8:30am CDT

Quiet Room

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:30am - 5:00pm CDT

Capitol View Room

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:30am - 5:00pm CDT
Capitol View Room

8:30am CDT

Registration + Information Desk

Thursday June 4, 2026 8:30am - 5:00pm CDT

Registration

9:00am CDT

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

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Old Madison

We want our library resources to be accessible, but how can we tell that they are? How do I decide whether an e-resource platform is accessible enough? With the recent changes to Title II, there are many questions about implementing procedures that are aware and sensitive to accessibility needs. This presentation invites you to explore tools and processes that can be used during the acquisition...
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Speakers

Zach Motts

Electronic Resources Librarian, Iowa State University

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

9:00am CDT

The First Cut is (Hopefully) the Deepest: Print and Electronic Continuing Resources Assessment at Clemson University Libraries

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

This presentation will cover the fast-paced requirement to reduce the collections budget by approximately five percent within three months. This session will cover information about a Renewal Decision Matrix created in collaboration with the Associate Dean for Collections & Discovery and Acquisitions Department staff. This will also cover efforts to conduct quick assessments during the hectic Fall...
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Speakers

Michelle Colquitt

Continuing Resources & Government Information Management Librarian, Clemson University Libraries

Thursday June 4, 2026 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

10:00am CDT

Morning Break

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:00am - 10:30am CDT

Break

10:30am CDT

Access in Flux: What Librarians Need to Know About the Changing Scholarly Landscape

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Old Madison

Over the past two years, rapid shifts in browser technology and changing regulatory requirements have created new obstacles for delivering seamless, secure access to online scholarly resources. This session explores these obstacles, highlights the latest developments in the resource access ecosystem, and introduces how the SeamlessAccess initiative helps libraries, publishers, and service...
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Speakers

John Felts

Head of Information Technology and Collections, Coastal Carolina University

Michelle Colquitt

Continuing Resources & Government Information Management Librarian, Clemson University Libraries

Heather Staines

Senior Consultant, Delta Think

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Old Madison

Concurrent Session

10:30am CDT

AI-Suggested LCSH Creation for Print Library Materials Cataloging Workflow: An Experimental Approach to Supporting Subject Analysis

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

his presentation introduces an experimental project that explores the use of artificial intelligence to support the creation of Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH) for library materials. As the library cataloging work faces the challenge of limited staff and original cataloging remains a time-consuming and advanced cataloging skills required process, libraries are increasingly interested...
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Speakers

Anlin Yang

East Asian Studies Librarian, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Xiying Mi

Head of Resource Description, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Meng Qu

Web Services Librarian, Miami University

I build AI-native infrastructure for knowledge systems.My work centers on production-grade LLM architectures—multi-agent orchestration, RAG pipelines, and structured API integration—to deliver real-time, reliable information services at scale. I am currently developing systems... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

10:30am CDT

Approving the Disapproval: Unpacking the Impact of Cancelled Approval Plans

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT

Beefeaters

This presentation aims to provide an in-depth analysis of the effects of cancelling approval plans. It will investigate how many titles were purchased that would have come on approval, as well as the circulation or usage of monographs by various acquisition models across disciplines.

Speakers

Keri Prelitz

Collection Development and Management Librarian, California State University Fullerton

I am the Collection Development and Management Librarian at Cal State Fullerton, but I began my career in collection development working with academic libraries on behalf of a books vendor. I am passionate about collection development (truly!), enjoy analysis and collaboration, and... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

11:45am CDT

User Group Meetings/Lunch on your own

Thursday June 4, 2026 11:45am - 1:45pm CDT

2:00pm CDT

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

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT

TBA

“Information and Intersectionality in the Digital Millennium” (Vaden, 2024) explored the importance of virtual and non-traditional information sharing mediums to create better information access outcomes for people experiencing multiple forms of oppression simultaneously. Non-mainstream media platforms and formats like Tumblr and zines, are a valuable potential contribution to the discourse on...
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Speakers

Mondo Vaden

Ask him about: art, liberation in Library and Information Sciences, reflections on cataloging, and what he's currently reading.

Bio: Mondo Vaden (He/They) is a DeafBlackTrans Intersectional Librarian, artist, and activist. He is the founding Librarian of the Library of Intersectionality and runs a DEIA consultancy and independent research and information business as Mondo Connections. He is blessed to have... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
TBA

General Session

3:00pm CDT

Afternoon Break

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:00pm - 3:30pm CDT

Break

3:30pm CDT

Impact of Transitioning from IP-Based to Federated Access: A Case Study on Reducing Support Requests

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Multicultural Greek Council Room

This presentation will explore how transitioning to OpenAthens transformed our access model. We’ll demonstrate how the switch improved the user experience by enabling seamless, point-of-need authentication, strengthened privacy and security ,and ultimately reduced staff time spent on access-related support by nearly 75%.

Speakers

John Felts

Head of Information Technology and Collections, Coastal Carolina University

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Multicultural Greek Council Room

Concurrent Session

3:30pm CDT

Migration Management: What We Learned Doing Two Migrations At Once

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Beefeaters

During the last year, Utah State University Libraries has undergone two migrations that have impacted how we handle serials management. First, we migrated to FOLIO in June and had to pivot last minute to change how we were handling our electronic resources. Second, we were also undergoing an RFP for a new serials management vendor that could integrate with FOLIO. This presentation will go over how...
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Speakers

Sam Farley

Electronic Resources and Subscriptions Manager, Utah State University

I am a new-ish E-Resources professional, having been in my current role for 2 years. Before that I spent 6 years in a public library system working my way up from Clerk to Circulation Manager. I received my Masters of Management in Library and Information Science (MMLIS) from the... Read More →

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT
Beefeaters

Concurrent Session

3:30pm CDT

Static is not just bad for the laundry: dealing with a stable(?) budget

Thursday June 4, 2026 3:30pm - 4:30pm CDT

Old Madison

This presentation explores strategies for providing access to library resources while saving dollars within the constraints of a long-standing flat materials budget. We will discuss usage analytics, creative problem-solving, collaborative approaches, and practical insights into sustaining access to both physical and electronic collections. Academic libraries across the country are navigating...
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Speakers

4:30pm CDT

NASIG Business Meeting and Closing Remarks

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT

TBA

Thursday June 4, 2026 4:30pm - 5:00pm CDT
TBA

General Session

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