NASIG 2024: Directory

Welcome to the NASIG 2024 Conference. This conference will take place at the Spokane Davenport Grand, Spokane, WA June 3 - June 7, 2024. Please visit the NASIG website for conference details.

Please note: edits and other changes are still being made the schedule, content will remain as listed.

The NASIG Evaluation & Assessment Committee wants your feedback on the 2024 NASIG Annual Conference in Spokane, WA. Link to survey forthcoming.

As in previous years, you will be asked to rate the sessions and workshops you attended. You will be asked to rate presenters, as well as provide an overall rating for the sessions. You will also have the opportunity to rate other conference events, facilities, and arrangements and to provide input for next year’s conference.

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Cecilia Genereux (she/her)

Company University of Minnesota, Twin Cities
Position Continuing Resources Metadata Librarian

Nicole Ameduri

I've been working in academic publishing for 11 years. I'm a proud member of NASIG as well as the incoming Treasurer and Sponsor Coordinator. When I'm not working, I spend most of my time in The Adirondacks working on the 46 High Peaks. In August I'm going to swim from Asia to Europe in the Bosphorus Cross-Continental Swim.

Company Springer Nature
Position Senior Licensing Manager
Location NYC

Rebecca L. Bearden

Becky has been at Boston University School of Law Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries since July 2019. Prior to that she worked at University of Connecticut School of Law Library from 2007-2019. She has been working in libraries/technical services since 2002. She is currently the Chair of AALL's LSRD-SIS, and has formerly co-chaired AALL's VRAG and ExLibris' Law Special Interest Group. Her areas of interest and expertise include: Alma & Primo, OCLC's WorldShare Collection Manager, Acquisitions, Serials Management, Electronic Resource Management, Cataloging and Metadata, Technical Services, and Law... Read more

Company Boston University School of Law Fineman and Pappas Law Libraries
Position Senior Continuing Resources Librarian
Location Boston, MA

Anjana H Bhatt

E-Resources and libraries

Company Florida Gulf Coast University
Position Electronic Resources Librarian
Location Fort Myers, Florida, USA

Uri Blackman

Company GIDEON Informatics Inc
Position CEO
Location Los Angeles, CA

Robert Boissy

I have had various roles in scholarly publishing since 2003, and fifteen years as a subscription agent before that. I have library degrees from the University at Albany and Syracuse University. I like to talk about cooperative marketing projects between libraries and publishers, NISO standards, publishing innovations, usage and referral studies, discovery and metadata, access issues and solutions, licensing issues, ILL policy, and any topics my fellow librarians would like to see discussed at Springer Nature events.

Company Springer Nature
Position Director of Account Development
Location Massachusetts and New York

Jacqueline Brellenthin

Company Library of Congress
Position Serials Librarian

Jennifer Browning

Jennifer is Head of Cataloguing, Metadata and Digitization at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario. Her research and work interests involve the impact of metadata systems on user communities and continuous workplace learning and professional development for library staff. She received her MLIS from Western University and previously worked as a Metadata Librarian at the University of Toronto and a Systems Librarian at Carleton University.

Company Carleton University
Position Head of Cataloguing, Metadata, and Digitization
Location Ottawa, ON

Michelle Colquitt

Greetings! I am the newly hired Continuing Resources and Government Information Management Librarian at Clemson University. I'm an introverted people person who loves to make connections and chat about library technical services. I'm looking forward to meeting you!

Company Clemson University
Position Continuing Resources and Government Information Management Librarian

Margaret Corby

Margaret Corby is an Associate Professor and Metadata Librarian at Hale Library, Kansas State University, where she has been employed since 2005. Prior to her work at K-State Libraries, Margaret was the Music Librarian at the George F. DeVine Music Library, University of Tennessee (2000-2004) and an Associate Librarian at the University of North Florida Library, where she was a music cataloger (1991-2000). Her educational credentials include a Master of Library Science with music specialization from Indiana University, B.A. in English and music from Marymount College of Kansas, and Name Authority... Read more

Company Kansas State University
Position Metadata Librarian
Location Manhattan, KS

Daniel Cornwall

Company Alaska State Library
Position Continuing Resources Librarian
Location Juneau AK

Anna Creech

Anna Creech is the Head of Resource Acquisition and Delivery at the University of Richmond, which is a fancy way of saying she’s in charge of the department that buys all the (library) things. With a background as a serials and electronic resources librarian, she has a strong interest in scholarly electronic content and data standards, as well as a slightly unhealthy obsession with spreadsheets.

Company University of Richmond
Position Head of Resource Acquisition and Delivery
Location Richmond, VA

Susan Davis

Great Relationships: Priceless. All-timer.

Company University at Buffalo
Position Acquisitions Librarian for Continuing Resources and Licensing Specialist and Electronic Resources Team Coordinator

Annette Day

Company University of Nevada, Las Vegas Libraries
Position Div Director, Collections/Acquisitions/Discovery

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Sarah Dennis

Company OHIO University Libraries
Position Electronic Resources Access Librarian
Location Athens, OH

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Qali Farah

I am with the Content management group (Technical Services) / Serials and electronic resources team or unit. I do both electronic resources and print.

Company George Washington University
Position Library Specialist II
Location Gelman Library

John Felts

John is currently the Head of Information Technology and Collections at Coastal Carolina University. He has worked in academic library technology for over 30 years and is a former patent holder and co-founder of Journal Finder, the first OpenURL Resolver and knowledge base to go into production in the United States. He is a member of the SeamlessAccess Outreach Committee and the Scholarly Network Security Initiative (SNSI) University Relations Group.

Company Coastal Carolina University
Position Head of Information Technology and Collections
Location Conway, SC

David Ferguson

Company University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
Position Continuing Resources Assistant
Location San Francisco, CA

Nicole Gonul

I'm a NASIG member who has been working in academic publishing for 8 years. It brings me great joy to volunteer with NASIG and ER&L. I love food and mountains. You may have seen my foodie column in Against the Grain Magazine. When I'm not working or eating, I spend most of my time in Lake Placid working on my 46 High Peaks.

Location nicole.ameduri@springernature.com

Rosanne Guy

Company Emory University
Position Electronic and Continuing Resources Specialist, Sr.
Location Atlanta, Georgia

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Ryan Hildebrand

Company University of Oregon Libraries
Position Interim Director, Resource Description Services
Location Eugene, OR

Martha Hood

Currently working at the University of Houston-Clear Lake as the Associate Director for Evaluation & Assessment, Martha began her career as a cataloger, working at both public and academic libraries. In January 2020, she became involved with assessment and planning, but is still very much interested in linked data and wants to share what she has learned.

Company University of Houston - Clear Lake
Position Associate Director, Assessment & Planning
Location Houston, TX

Ruth Houston-Mudd

Company Moorpark College Library

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Mandy Hurt

Company Duke University Libraries
Position Serials Description Librarian & Coordinator

Kay Johnson

Kay Johnson is head of collection and technical services at McConnell Library, Radford University. She has been active in NASIG for over 20 years.

Company Radford University
Position Head of Collection and Technical Services

Mary Ann Jones

Company Kennesaw State University Libraries
Position Director of Collection Development
Location Kennesaw, Georgia

Courtney McAllister

NASIG President (2023-24) | Solution Architect | Associate Editor of The Serials Librarian and Serials Review | Author of Change Management for Library Technologists: A LITA Guide

Company Atypon
Position Senior Solution Architect
Location New Haven, CT

Lisa McColl

Company Lehigh University
Position Metadata Services Manager

Paul Moeller

Company University of Colorado Boulder
Position Digitization, Description, and Discovery Team Lead

Michelle Navarro

Company Cal Poly Pomona
Position Electronic Resources Management Librarian

Davin Pate

Davin Pate joined the University of Texas of Dallas in 2013. Since that time he has been the Department Head of the Acquisitions and Electronic Resource department and is the Current Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections. He has extensive knowledge in library acquisitions, licensing, transformative agreements, budgeting, analytics, statistics, and collection development. He is currently the coordinator for the Analytics Community of Practice (CoP).

Company University of Texas at Dallas
Position Assistant Director for Scholarly Communications and Collections
Location Richardson

Parvathi 'Bobbi' Patham

Bobbi Patham is the Manager of Discovery & Discovery Services at Springer Nature. She has over 15+ years of experience in content management, metadata standards, subject classification and bibliographic collection. She earned a Bachelor's degree in Chemistry and a Master's degree in Library and Information Science. She is currently serving in the NISO KBART & ODI Standing Committees.
To learn about the Springer Nature Discovery, please visit www.springer.com/discovery or contact at Discovery@springernature.com

Company Springer Nature
Position Discovery Services Manager
Location 233, Spring St, New York, NYC-10013

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Matthew Ragucci

I am Wiley's resident librarian and provide insight on metadata sharing strategies for optimizing its electronic resources for discovery, access, and usage. This includes working closely with librarians and library solutions providers alike to get the tools they need to help the end-user. I also moonlight as a reference and instruction librarian My interests are cataloging, metadata, data standards, and user experience.

Company Wiley
Position Director of Product Marketing

Ian Scofield

Company Oregon State University
Position Electronic Resources Team Manager

Kate Seago

University of Kentucky has been a Alma/Primo site since 2016. UK Libraries is looking at developing collection strategies to support the mission of University and better use all of our resources. This is including a review of our budget, current resources and identified users needs. Areas of interest are finding sustainable streaming options, better understanding copyright, and sustainable open access options.

Company University of Kentucky Libraries
Position Director of Acquisitions
Location Lexington, KY

James Smith

Company University of Missouri Kansas City
Position Head of Collections and Acquisitions

Heather Staines

I'm a consultant for scholarly publishers and vendors, and I am also Director of Community Engagement for the Delta Think Open Access Data & Analytics Tool. In my spare time I write musicals about metadata!

Company Delta Think
Position Senior Consultant

Lisa Martincik [she / they]

I deal mostly but not exclusively with streaming video and licensing at an academic library. I also buy comic books.

Company University of Iowa Libraries
Position Electronic Resources Librarian
Location Iowa City, Iowa

Matthew Treskon

Ask me about metadata at Project MUSE! I get into the weeds (to help libraries with their holdings information and ensure that our discovery partners have the right data) but I also like to think about the big picture. So, if you have problems or ideas, let me know!

Company JHU Press / Project MUSE
Position Metadata Strategist