NASIG Mentoring Program

NASIG's Mentoring Program is again sponsoring a Conference Mentoring Program to help make new conference attendees feel more at ease, highlight membership benefits and create networking opportunities. The program will match experienced NASIG conference attendees with new conference goers. For more information about the program and to apply to become a mentor or mentee, visit NASIG's mentoring website.

Important Dates

Registration for Conference Begins: First Week of March
Hotel Registration Begins: Available now through hotel website.  Please see “Hotel” link.

Registration Information

Member Rate: $375
Non-Member Rate: $500
Daily Rate (1 day only allowed): $150
The following meals are included with your paid registration:  Reception (Thursday and Saturday), Breakfast (Friday, Saturday, and Sunday), and Lunch (Friday and Saturday).

Pre-Conference Rates

Member 1/2 Day: $75
Non-Member 1/2 Day: $100
Member 1 Day: $125
Non-Member 1 Day: $175

Special Program:NISO Preconference (all day; capped at 75 registrants; includes boxed lunch)
NASIG/NISO Members $200
Non-members $250

Pre-Conferences

Wednesday, June 4, 8am - 5pm
Metadata in a Digital Age: New Models of Creation, Discovery, and Use
Co-sponsored by NISO
Metadata is critical to finding content. However, the expansion of digital content and rapid changes in access and use pose tremendous challenges to the effective organization, description, and management of this information. Established cataloging practices are changing to incorporate these new forms and increased segmentation of content, and at the same time we see new and changing structures for the creation and distribution of metadata. This session will discuss the role that metadata plays in the lifecycle of content, from publisher to end user, including looking at the shifting bibliographic supply chain, various needs that metadata answers, and questions around exchange processes and how different metadata is used.

Thursday, June 5, 9am - 1pm
101 Things Non-catalogers Should Know About Serials…or Is It Continuing Resources?
What's an 856? Why doesn't my publishing company show up as the publisher in library catalog displays? Why can't my subscription agent guarantee that I receive all of my journals? Why doesn't the ISSN link work? How many ISSNs (or is it ISSN?) do I need for my journals? Why do libraries keep asking me for MARC records? Am I publishing "serials" or "continuing resources"? Although NASIG attendees all work with serials, library catalogers and acquisitions staff, publishers, subscription agents, ILS vendors and access management companies all have their own perspectives and needs. Catalogers and the records they provide result from a unique and sometimes inscrutable perspective, complete with its own language-MARC. This session will cover the basic pieces of information we should all share in order to help make sure we aren't "stung" by incorrect assumptions and miscommunications.

Thursday, June 5, 8am - 12pm
Managing with Integrity
Management includes planning, organizing, staffing, leading, and assessing. Juggling all these responsibilities in a setting with employees who have disparate personalities and needs requires a large set of skills. Regardless of your position, knowing your own management style and knowing how to coach, motivate, and manage the frequent changes necessary in libraries is essential to being an effective manager. These skills will be developed in this workshop using case studies and discussion.

Thursday, June 5, 8am - 12pm
Emerging Trends, 2.0, and Libraries
Has your library discussed creating a Flickr account? A MySpace teensite? Creating a blog? David discusses the current social networking transformation taking place, and applies those changes to a library setting. Then David will discuss the changes a library needs to make to meet and participate in our new online, participatory world.

Event & Tour Information

Thursday, June 5	Opening Reception	Free for Conference Registrants, $55 for Guests
Friday, June 6th	Scottsdale Dine-around	$5 for Conference Registrants and Guests
Saturday, June 7th	Reception at Phoenix Art Museum	Free for Conference Registrants; $60 for Guests

Conference Information

Hotel Information

Tapatio Cliffs
11111 North 7th St
Phoenix, AZ 85020

Hotel Rates

Single/Double Rate: $125 (does not include state and local taxes)
There will be a $15.00 charge for each additional person over and above double occupancy.

Hotel Parking

There is free parking for hotel guests.

The 2008 Conference will be held at the Tapatio Cliffs resort (Pointe Hilton) (http://www.pointehilton.com/indextc.cfm).  The hillside resort is home to the Falls Water Village (a three-acre collection of swimming pools, waterfalls, 138-foot waterslide, 23 private cabanas, restaurant pavilion and two hot plunge spas. Other recreational facilities and amenities include an 18-hole golf course, Tocaloma Spa & Salon, two tennis courts, eight swimming pools, workout centre, sauna and hiking.  The resort also has five restaurants.Tapatio Cliffs is located 12 miles (20 minute drive) from the Phoenix Sky Harbor International Airport.  Transportation Information is below:

Directions: Follow signs for 24th Street, do not exit on 24th St. Take State Highway 51 north, exit Cactus. Follow Cactus past Cave Creek Rd. where the road will turn into Thunderbird. Follow Thunderbird/Cactus to 7th St., turn left.

Transportation to and from the Airport

Type	Typical Minimum Charge
Super Shuttle	NASIG has arranged a discount with SuperShuttle for conference attendees.Conference attendees can save $4 by booking a roundtrip fare online.SuperShuttle has set up a special site for NASIG: http://www.supershuttle.com/default.aspx?GC=RXCUP
Taxi	40.00 USD

Local Information

Phoenix Tourist Information (http://phoenix.gov/PARKS/touridx.html)
Scottsdale Tourist Information (http://www.scottsdalecvb.com/index.cfm)
Arizona Tourist Information (http://www.arizonaguide.com/