Don’t miss your chance!

The North American Serials Interest Group's 27th Annual
Conference, June 7-10, 2012, in Nashville, Tennessee is fast
approaching, and preconference spots are going fast.  Make
sure to secure your spot in one of these remaining
preconference sessions today!

Early Bird registration is still open!  Early Bird ends May
4, 2012, 5 p.m. Eastern.

To register:
http://www.nasig.org/conference_registration.cfm.

Preconference sessions with space still available:

Thursday, June 7, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Making the Leap to Mid-Management

Are you interested in becoming a department head?  Or have
you recently been appointed as one?  Many library schools
and libraries provide little, if any, training on how to be
an effective department head.  To help you prepare for what
lies ahead, Micheline Westfall, Kay Johnson, and Molly Royse
will share the insight gained from 40 years of combined
experience in middle management.  Topics include:  human
resources (hiring, disciplinary actions, performance
evaluations), budgeting, time management, leading meetings,
mentoring, networking within the library and on campus,
maintaining a good work/personal life balance, and other
tidbits you should learn about your library and university.

Micheline Westfall, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Kay
Johnson, Radford University and Molly Royse, University of
Tennessee, Knoxville

Thursday, June 7, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

Hands-on with Drupal: Making a Licensing Database

Drupal is a flexible content management system that allows
for easy organization and quick remixing of information that
static web pages cannot provide – all without requiring
any knowledge of code to get results!  This session will
simplify Drupal and get you started with confidence by both
explaining jargon and leading you through the development
and creation of a website to manage and track database
licenses.  This is a hands-on workshop, and participants
should bring a laptop to follow along and build their own
Drupal site.  By the end of the session, beginning Drupal
users will be able to put together a simple site by using
fundamental functionality such as content type creation,
views and permissions.  The creation of a license tracking
database will also highlight ways to share and manage
licenses online.

Amanda Yesilbas, Florida Center for Library Automation

Thursday, June 7, 8 a.m. - 12 p.m.

E-book Cataloging Workshop: Hands-on Training Using RDA and
the Separate Record Approach

This hands-on workshop will introduce beginning and seasoned
catalogers to the creation of original MARC records for
e-books using the RDA and the AACR2 content standards.
Introduction to guidelines and plenty of practical exercises
will also be provided.

Marielle Veve and Wanda Rosinski, University of Tennessee,
Knoxville

Established in 1985, the North American Serials Interest
Group, Inc. is an independent organization that promotes
communication and sharing of ideas among all members of the
serials information chain – anyone working with or
concerned about serial publications.  For more information
about NASIG, please visit http://www.nasig.org/.

Amanda N. Price
Publicist, NASIG, Inc.
akn.price@gmail.com