NASIG is an independent, non-profit organization working to advance and transform the management of information resources. Established in 1985, NASIG (formerly the North American Serials Interest Group, Inc.) is an independent organization that promotes communication, information, and continuing education about serials, electronic resources, and the broader issues of scholarly communication. Our ultimate goal is to facilitate and improve the distribution, acquisition, and long-term accessibility of information resources in all formats and business models.

UPCOMING WEBINARS

Shaping the Future: Getting Involved in Information Standards Committees
Date: April 20, 2026, 2:00-3:00 PM EDT
Speakers: 
- Keondra Bailey, Standards Program Manager, NISO 
- Bobbi Patham, Global Manager, Discovery & Discovery Services, Springer Nature Group (KBART committee member)
- Kevin Balster, Continuing Resource Management Team Leader, UCLA Library (PCC member)
- Heather Staines, (COUNTER Education Committee)

This panel webinar will provide a peek behind the curtain to see what it is like to be on a standards committee and how you can get involved yourself.

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"It isn't part of our language": Self-naming and Indigenous Peoples in Library Data
Date: May 6, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM EDT

This presentation will describe the thought process and methods used by the Cornell University Library to engage with Haudenosaunee leaders to facilitate self-naming in the Library of Congress Subject Headings. Speakers: Laura Daniels, Director of Cataloging & Metadata at Cornell University Library and Steven Folsom, Head of Metadata Design and Operations at Cornell University Library

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"Coming to Terms: Enacting Reparative Change in an Urban Library OPAC
Date: May 13, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM EDT

Amy Mikel (Brooklyn Public Library) and Miriam Gloger (BookOps) will share reparative cataloging practices undertaken by BPL and the ongoing efforts to design a sustainable and evolving approach that is collaborative, inclusive, and cross-institutional to serve diverse stakeholders within a large urban public library system. The session will detail opportunities, considerations, and technical strategies for libraries looking to implement and support inclusive cataloging by using local terms in the OPAC, and processes for flagging and addressing outdated, offensive, biased, or misapplied terms from LCSH and other standard thesauri.