NASIG 2024

User driven acquisitions programs, including demand driven acquisitions (DDAs) and evidence based acquisitions (EBAs), have evolved from experiments to central methods of building collections at many academic libraries. Although user driven collections decenter librarians, there are still many questions about how much control librarians can or should have in shaping collections, which librarians should be doing this work, and how these decisions impact collections in the short and long term. The presenter will give a background on various forms of user driven collections and share experiences and examples from the EBAs and DDAs at his institution. A majority of the workshop will be spent in small group activities that focus on the practical aspects of administering and evaluating user driven programs and discussions about how to align collections to institution goals and values. While the primary focus of the session will be on eBooks, user driven acquisitions of streaming videos, journal articles, and print books will also be discussed.

This workshop provides the basic principles of original and copy cataloging of print serials with a focus on the elements contained in the RDA CONSER Standard Record (CSR), including appropriate MARC 21 tagging, as well as problem-solving and decision-making relative to serials cataloging. The specific goals of the workshop are to:
Understand the concept of continuing resources
Identify serials and distingush them from monographs and integrating resources
Become familiar with MARC tags used for serials
Create original serials cataloging records
Identify appropriate serial copy and needed edits
Become familiar with current serials cataloging conventions and practices

Program Description:
As academic libraries navigate the challenges of limited physical space and evolving resource usage, collaborative collections and shared print programs have gained prominence. Recognized as a key trend in the ACRL's Top Trends for 2023, shared print initiatives demand innovative infrastructure and tools for effective management. In the realm of shared print, overlap analysis of collection metadata remains a persistent challenge, due to the limited availability of specialized tools, varying metadata quality, and the use of diverse inventory management systems among libraries. This session will highlight how the University of Toronto is addressing this challenge head on with the development of a tool to streamline the identification of duplicate resources within the Keep@Downsview shared print program. Utilizing the KNIME Analytics Platform, a versatile open-source, low-code software, the presenter will showcase the methods for conducting comprehensive and effective overlap analysis of library collections. The session will explore the practical approaches employed to match monograph and serial collections, highlighting both the successes and challenges of this Do-It-Yourself (DIY) approach to overlap analysis. Attendees will gain valuable insights into the capabilities and viability of the KNIME Analytics Platform for efficient overlap analysis across diverse library collections.
Learning Outcomes:
​​​​Understand the significance of collaborative collections and shared print programs as key trends in academic libraries, focusing on their role in managing space and resources more effectively.

Identify and understand the challenges surrounding the overlap analysis of collection metadata in shared print programs.

Acquire knowledge of practical approaches for conducting overlap analysis and learn how these strategies can be leveraged in various library settings.

Learn about the versatility and power of the KNIME Analytics Platform as an accessible, open-source option for large-scale collection analysis.

Program Description:
At Indiana University Libraries - Bloomington, Scholarly Communication librarians continue to explore methods to decrease costs for students. A pilot project was developed to obtain course materials data in order to purchase multi user ebooks for classes.This is a practice that peer libraries like Illinois State University and Virginia Commonwealth University have utilized to further course material affordability. Purchasing eBooks is seen as complementary to OER efforts because these are course materials that often do not have an OER equivalent; in other words, library acquisition is one of the only replacement options. There were a number of hurdles to the project, including working with both external and internal partners, determining ebook licensing from existing data, and working with a tight timeline. The project has now progressed into an ongoing effort, as we refine the workflow and look for more ways to automate the process.

This session will provide a high-level overview of how the project was implemented, with specific details about the workflow that other libraries can adapt to their context, including identifying partners, getting funding, securing and cleaning course material data, comparing this data to existing holdings and licenses, purchasing content, and outreach to professors. Presenters will also provide a conceptual framework for other libraries considering similar initiatives. This will include discussing balancing saving students money and extending the collection to be more responsive to the curriculum with creating a service that doesn’t transform the publishing industry or instructor behavior. The session will conclude with ideas for scaling IUB’s program down so that libraries of all sizes can create a program that is appropriate for their context. These options might include raising awareness about electronic resources that libraries already own, collaborating with subject librarians to search for course materials less systematically, or creating mechanisms for professors to engage with the library as part of their course material selection process.
Learning Outcomes:
​​​​A conceptual framework for a course material purchasing project
Overview of project implement at Indiana University Bloomington and analysis of the impact
Advice for how a similar project can be adapted to different contexts
Discussion of how purchasing complements or might detract from the goals of OER programs

Program Description:
The NC State University Libraries embarked on a journey to reignite innovation within its discovery services, amid the rapidly evolving landscape shaped by platforms like Google, ChatGPT, and TikTok. Recognizing a perceived slowdown in our pace of innovation, the Libraries organized a one-day discovery retreat engaging 35 staff members and leaders across nine departments. The retreat delved into the expansive realm of "discovery," encompassing all library systems, and workflows that facilitate the discovery of library resources, services, spaces, and people. This presentation will outline the retreat's design, execution, and key discussions around identity, future direction, and challenges. Major future directions explored include linked data, machine learning, social media presence, discovery beyond the library, and whole library discovery. Attendees will gain insights into how the outcomes have propelled new initiatives within the Libraries, with opportunities for audience discussion on emerging trends and projects in library innovation.
Learning Outcomes:
Discuss ideas and challenges present in the library discovery landscape.
Learn about possible future directions for library discovery and how these might be addressed.
Reflect on planning and facilitating conversations across library units and departments. 

Program Description:
As an experienced CONSER serials cataloger who works extensively with Special Collections materials, I’ve often been asked to catalogue materials replete with content many would deem offensive. These materials include magazines featuring sexually explicit text and images as well as propaganda published by hate groups such as the Ku Klux Klan and American Nazi organizations.
In the process, I’ve had to establish practices for handling these materials that minimize my colleagues’ exposure to them and that protect my own emotional health. In support of the latter, I’ve developed emotional coping mechanisms which center around practicing radical empathy towards the targets of the hate group material, in large part by creating bibliographic and NACO records that clearly identify its creators while exposing the nature/intent of their work and their connections to creators of affiliated/associated work.
It’s my intention with this presentation to share the methods/coping mechanisms I’ve developed as best practices to aid others faced with the challenge of cataloging similar materials.
Learning Outcomes:
It’s my intention with this presentation to share the methods/coping mechanisms I’ve developed as best practices to aid others faced with the challenge of cataloging similar materials.

 

• Harrassowitz
• ACS
• AIP Publishing
• Bloomsbury
• Cambridge University Press
• CloudSource
• Springer Nature
• Association for Computing Machinery
• Ingram
• Duke University Press

Program Description:
Three librarians will give a panel discussion on their experience collaborating to improve user experience with their institutional discovery layer. It started with navigating electronic resources to help EBSCO Discover function which led to designing and implementing a 3-5 year cleanup project of the catalog (Sierra) and a wealth of new skills including implementation of an inventory process and systems management.
Learning Outcomes:
Learn how Discover and Sierra interact with each other
Learn different tools and collaboration techniques we have used to assess, design, and manage our cleanup project
Functional collaboration strategies to improve teamwork environment

Program Description:
The abilities outlined in NASIG’s Core Competencies for Electronic Resources, Print Serials Management, and Scholarly Communication underscore the breadth and complexity of library workers’ expertise and the variegated challenges they contend with. As a result of their aptitude for cultivating and maintaining a wide range of skills, library workers have an established reputation as adaptable, versatile, and solution-oriented practitioners.

While this is not a new development in the context of libraries, these attributes are becoming more desired and valued across the information industry. Consequently, appreciation of library skills outside of libraries is growing and library workers are applying their technical, managerial, and negotiation skills in a wide variety of scenarios. This shift can create opportunities to extend awareness of library needs and foster new collaborative dynamics that enrich both libraries and publishers/vendors.

Join our panel of former librarians turned vendors as they explore how their library expertise seamlessly translated into vendor roles. Discover valuable skills and competencies that bridge these worlds, learn how this dynamic can enhance the products and services vendors provide, and gain insights into the evolving role of information professionals.
Learning Outcomes:
​​​​Following this session, participants will be able to:
Identify which skills sets are transferable from libraries to vendors/publishers
Identify positions and experience that prime librarians for vendor positions
Understand what types of positions librarians hold at vendor organizations

Inside Out Library:
Program Description:
In the US, the pace of transition to Open Access is accelerating. An increasing number of libraries are signing TAs supporting authors with publishing OA, while maintaining access to subscription content. Recently, we embarked on research of 3 newly implemented transformative agreements. In this session, we'll discuss the data provided about their experience and their advice to librarians considering transformative agreements. The institutions discussed are Carnegie Mellon University, CDL [California Digital Library] servicing the UC system in California, SCELC [Statewide California Electronic Library Consortium] working with 60 individual institutions all which recently implemented a transformative agreement. Additionally, one of the presenters is from an institution which also recently implemented a TA and will gladly take questions and share with the audience.
Learning Outcomes:
​​​​Learning Outcomes:
1. Develop a perspective on the implementation of TAs for different types of libraries - lone universities to 60+ member consortia
2. Develop or widen perspectives on how to evaluate an agreement - know what you need to know, both the obvious or unobvious
3. Gain a wider perspective on what it means to change library work flows
 Lessons Learned from Managing Transformative Agreements in Denmark:
Program Description:
​​​​  As the consortium’s management unit, the Royal Danish Library spearheads these negotiations with the publishers. However, managing OA agreements poses challenges to everyone involved, including:
Informing researchers: how do we inform our researchers of the conditions applicable to the thousands of journals covered by different agreements?
Agreement monitoring: how can we know which articles an agreement has covered, and how do we manage approvals and quotas?
Reducing manual work: how can we avoid manual work for checking articles, getting consolidated reporting, and being able to reuse the meta-data in our other internal systems?
Data ownership and analytics: how can we ensure we own the data and have the analytics to negotiate better deals?
To tackle these issues, collaborative efforts with institutions, publishers, and infrastructure have been crucial. This session will cover our partnerships, sharing insights on progress, lessons learned, and the best practices identified in addressing these challenges.
Learning Outcomes:
What are the key points to consider for a thought-through open access strategy
What are the main challenges and issues with transformative and other OA agreements
What are possible solutions and best practices for managing the OA agreements, both from a consortium and an institutional perspective

Program Description:
Are your users having online resource access issues? Is access intuitive and reliable? Are you concerned that your user community’s online privacy isn’t sufficiently protected? Did you ever wish there was a toolkit to help you audit these and other issues? We can help!
To help navigate the complex issues that occur as a result of changing technology, regulations, and user expectations, SeamlessAccess is producing a toolkit that gives librarians a framework for auditing their resource access. Structured into four key areas - Usability, Privacy, Reliability, and Security- the toolkit enables libraries to identify the risks and opportunities that inform decision making and advocate for future investment.
This presentation explores the first two areas (Usability & Privacy) and includes a discussion about the toolkit along with the issues it addresses. It also features information from a library that has utilized this toolkit to identify and address access-related issues, assess potential ethical or legal exposure, and identify best practices and recommended next steps for moving forward. We will also demonstrate how this toolkit can serve as a communications tool to enable librarians to improve knowledge and awareness within their teams as well as with key stakeholders outside the library.  
Learning Outcomes:
​​​​Following this session, participants will be able to begin understanding the complex issues that affect resource access that occur as a result of changing technology and regulations, and will be able to perform an access audit to explore and identify potential issues affecting usability and user privacy.