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.

NEW WEBINARS ANNOUNCED:

Connecting the Dots: From Concept to Practice in Official RDA

Hosted by the American Association of Law Libraries Technical Services Special Interest Section

WHEN: November 17, 2026, 3pm EST

WHERE: Zoom (registration required)

SPEAKER: Rachel Decker, Georgetown Law Library

This is the first installment of a four-part webinar series that will focus on the theoretical and practical aspects of Official RDA. This session will dive into the entity-relationship conceptual model and articulate how it forms the foundation of Official RDA. We will then look at the Official RDA Toolkit structure, concepts, and terminology with practical examples of how this abstract content standard applies to legal materials. 

Subsequent webinars will go deeper into RDA entities, elements, and relationships and tackle tricky structures like aggregates and diachronic works. Whether you are a seasoned cataloger, or brand new to RDA, this series will help you understand Official RDA, navigate the Toolkit, and feel prepared for what comes next with resource description.

Attending the live webinar is FREE to NASIG members! Please note that the recording is only available to AALL TS-SIS members. 

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

WHEN: December 3, 2026, 2-3PM EST

WHERE: Zoom (registration required)

SPEAKERS:
Rachel E. Scott, Professor and Head of Acquisitions and Cataloging Services, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Lindsey Skaggs, Assistant Professor and Scholarly Communication Librarian, Illinois State University

In 2021, Illinois State University’s (ISU) Milner Library entered its first transformative agreement with Cambridge University Press, and by 2025, the library had expanded open access (OA) publishing support to twelve agreements with publishers including ACS, Sage, Springer Nature, Taylor & Francis, and Wiley. This webinar reports on findings from surveys and interviews conducted with ISU authors who published under these transformative agreements. The presenters will provide insight into authors’ awareness of library OA agreements, authors’ experiences navigating various publishers’ OA platforms and processes, how OA agreements impact author venue selection, author order, selection of corresponding author, whether authors perceive OA agreements to be an endorsement of a publisher, and more.

NOW AVAILABLE
40th Annual NASIG Conference Proceedings

We are pleased to announce, along with NASIG's publishing partner, Michigan Publishing, that the proceedings from the 40th NASIG Annual Conference held online from May 19–21, 2025, are now available!

The NASIG Proceedings are a result of the collaboration between the NASIG Proceedings editors, conference presenters, and session recorders who volunteer their time and efforts to make sure this valuable content can be shared with the community.

This content is open access and freely available under a Creative Commons license.

Back issues are listed on the NASIG Annual Conference page.