NASIG Chronology
1984
April. Sixteen American Librarians attend the UK Serials Group Meeting. John Riddick begins to think about a similar organization for North America.
June. Becky Lenzini and John Riddick form a Study Group to investigate the feasibility of a North American Serials Group.
1985
July. General information meeting held at DePaul University in Chicago. Sufficient interest warrants moving forward with plans for a conference in 1986; Bryn Mawr College is selected.
An Ad-Hoc Executive Council was formed, with John Riddick (Central Michigan) and Becky Lenzini (then with Faxon) were co-chairs. Tina Feick (Boley) was vice-chair, Susan Davis (SUNY Buffalo) was Treasurer, Marilyn Gonsiewski (Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo) was Secretary. Lenore Wilkas became the first Newsletter Editor.
Dues were set at $15. Membership solicitation began.
October. A Site Selection Committee was appointed for the 2nd conference: Tina Feick, John Riddick and George Lupone (Cleveland State). Site visits were done in Ohio.
1986
January. Vol.1, no.1 of the NASIG Newsletter appears.
Leigh Chatterton (Boston College) and Mary Beth Clack (Harvard) are appointed as Conference Program chairs.
Denison University in Granville, Ohio, selected as the site of the 2nd conference.
May. Second issue of Newsletter appears. Draft Bylaws distributed. Membership reaches 324.
June 22-25. 1st conference at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, is a huge success, and remains the highest ranking conference in NASIG history.
November. First elections. Bylaws approved.
December. Oglethorpe University in Atlanta as the site of the 1988 conference.
1987
June 14-16. 2nd conference at Denison University, Granville, OH. First Fun Run/Walk.
Student Grant Program established. First recipients at 1988 conference.
December. A survey was sent to all the membership to obtain feedback on the directions NASIG should take. Response rate was 22%.
1988
January. NASIG is incorporated as a not-for-profit organization in the state of New York.
Proceedings of the 2nd conference are published.
June 4-7. 3rd conference at Oglethorpe University, Atlanta, GA, is a sell-out. First Catalogers Discussion Group is held.
The Board requests a change in the terms of office for officers, and asks the membership to allow the current Board to serve an additional year while a Bylaws change is voted upon.
June. A new NASIG logo in blue is designed to include Mexico.
December. Revised Bylaws mailed for vote. Bylaws were approved.
1989
Newsletter to appear bimonthly.
Spring. Elections for 1989/90 (start of staggered 2 year term).
June 3-6. 4th Conference at Scripps College, Claremont, CA.
October. First Membership Directory published.
December. Lenore Wilkas resigns as Newsletter Editor.
1990
Membership brochure published.
June. Jean Callaghan (Wheaton) appointed Newsletter Editor.
June 2-5. 5th Conference at Brock University, St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada.
1991
April. Bylaws revision adopted.
June 14-17. 6th Conference at Trinity University, San Antonio, TX
1992
Another Membership Survey -- 57% response rate !!
Directory of Back Issue Dealers compiled by Beth Holley is published.
March. 17. The Birth of NASIGNET. NASIG enters the online age.
June 18-21. 7th Annual Conference University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL. Joint programming day with the Society for Scholarly Publishing.
September. NASIG obtains permanent address
Ellen Duranceau (MIT) appointed Newsletter Editor.
Late 1992/early 1993. NASIG Gopher established. Contents consist of Bylaws, Proceedings for 1992 conference, Newsletter issues.
1993
June 10-13. 8th Annual Conference at Brown University, Providence, RI.
June. The Board adopted a policy that discourages scheduling other events during the conference period which conflict with the NASIG conference including preconference workshops and other NASIG events.
Elaine Rast appointed first NASIG Archivist.
Work began on developing a Conference Planning Manual.
1994
January. NASIGNET and Beyond, electronic networking manual, published.
Febuary. "Vision Statement: NASIG 2000" developed. Bylaws revised.
"Guidelines for Financial Support for NASIG" adopted.
June. Two new awards announced for 1995: NASIG Horizon Award for new serialists, and the NASIG Founders Research Grant for research to be presented at a future conference.
June 2-5. 9th Annual Conference at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.
October. Maggie Horn (University of California, Davis) becomes Newsletter Editor.
1995
June 1-4. 10th Anniversary Annual Conference at Duke University, Durham, NC. Theme is "Serials to the Tenth Power: Tradition, Technology, and Transformation."
December. NASIG 2000 Strategic Plan published as a supplement to the Newsletter.
NASIGNET moves from the American Mathematical Society to the School of Information and Library Science at the University of North Carolina ?Chapel Hill.
1996
January. A Mentoring Program will be a part of the 11th Annual Conference, under the auspices of the Continuing Education Committee.
February. Human Resources Directory forms are distributed.
June 20-23. 11th Annual Conference at the University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM.
1997
February. Electronic Communications Committee decentralizes NASIGWeb to allow committees to publish their own material on the website.
Task Force appointed to investigate a permanent storage site for NASIG archives.
May 27-June 1. 12th Annual Conference is held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI.
October. Board recommends each committee review should annually review the pertinent sections of the Strategic Plan and make suggestions for change as appropriate, and requests each committee prepare a status report on the goals set forth in the plan for that committee.
1998
January. Membership directory appears on NASIGWeb.
Marcia Tuttle International Grant established.
June 18-21. 13th Annual Conference held at University of Colorado at Boulder.
Steve Savage becomes newsletter editor.
November. NASIG photographer is solicited for the 1999 conference, and donations of pictures from earlier conferences are requested. Purchase of a digital camera for use by the NASIG photographer is approved.
1999
June. Board proposes to raise membership dues to $25, effective for 2000.
June 10-13. 14th Annual Conference held at Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA.
Membership renewal rate was 86% for the year.
2000
January. NASIGWeb is redesigned.
March. Newsletter begins quarterly publication.
June. New logo is presented.
June 22-25. 15th Annual Conference held at the University of California, San Diego, La Jolla.
Members are given the option of receiving the Directory in an electronic format only.
2001
January. Board discusses need for permanent location for archives.
Tina Feick agrees to chair the Strategic Plan/Vision 2010 Task Force.
May 23-26. 16th Annual Conference held at Trinity University in San Antonio.
2002
March. Newsletter becomes available only in an electronic format.
June 20-23. 17th Annual Conference held at the College of William and Mary in Williamsburg, VA.
October. NASIG brochure is available in Spanish.
December. Step Schmidt digitizes the remaining issues of the Newsletter.
2003
June 26-29. 18th Annual Conference at Portland State University, Portland, OR.
October. Archives are moved to their permanent home at the University of Illinois.
Finance Committee begins the study of building a long-term plan for a financial reserve.
Access to Newsletter issues on NASIGWeb is no longer password-protected.
2004
June. Following the Board's request to reinvigorate the annual conference, PPC reinvents the program for 2004, and the result is the third highest rated conference program ever.
June 17-20. 19th Annual Conference, Milwaukee Hilton, Milwaukee, WI.
August. 20th Anniversary History Task Force activated.
October. Board proposes a dues increase to $75, as part of building a sound financial plan.
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