Karen Sheldon was a recipient of an ACRL DVC’s travel grant. She attended the annual NASIG conference in Atlanta, Georgia. Below are a few words from Karen about the conference and what she learned:
“From June 8th through 11th, I attended the 33rd annual NASIG conference in Atlanta, Georgia. The theme for this year’s conference was ‘Transforming the Information Community.’ The conference included not only many valuable workshops, but also many structured opportunities to interact informally including dine arounds, bingo night, and ice cream socials.”
“The advent of folio suggests changes in the electronic resource management market, moving from platform fees with included support to open access platforms with support fees. An interesting feature will be the Codex app, a cross search across to find orders, loans, instances, and other information related to the record. Folio could reduce library spending on platform fees while offering a more integrated solution. ”
“An important lesson related to consortia contracts found that contracts must specify the rights for individual titles to be useful. I have begun tracking perpetual access for my library and will take their lessons into account. I am submitting requests to vendors, asking for clarification on perpetual access rights in instances where licensing is unavailable or unclear.”
Read Karen’s full report here: NASIG2018_ConferenceReport_KarenSheldon
Stay tuned for more travel grant reports from the recipients!