Webinars

If you have questions about registration for webinars, please refer to the NASIG Webinar Registration FAQ.

Unless otherwise specified, webinars are recorded and made freely available six months after they were originally shown. Prior to that, the recording may be accessed by registering for the webinar.

Upcoming Webinars

Reframing Authority Control to Balance Creators' Autonomy and Users' Needs
Date: 9 June 2025, 2:00PM–3:00PM (EDT)
Members receive registration discounts.

Authority control has much to do with connecting people with the works they create. So what happens when people don’t want to be identified in library data, or be widely connected to their works? In this presentation, we will use the cataloging of zines, self-published works that frequently promote countercultural values, as a case study to explore the role of catalogers in creating name authority records that respect the autonomy of creators. We will discuss the challenges in balancing user needs, creator’s rights, and cataloging standards, highlighting what is at stake when we identify and label authors and creators, while closely examining the cataloger’s role in facilitating access and discovery.
Finally, we’ll consider how catalogers might reframe their approach to authority control as we all work together in developing a concept of catalogers’ judgment that’s both consistent and contextually aware.

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Past Events

All archived webinars are hosted on the NASIG YouTube page.

$Serials: Ordering and Basics webinar opening screen$

Sample Webinar: aired April 25, 2024.

Digital Preservation webinar opening screen

Sample Webinar: aired May 4, 2023.

Webinar Title	Webinar Date	Video Link

ACQUISITIONS
Serials: ordering & access basics	25 April 2024	View Archived Webinar
ER sleuths are on the case: best practices for e-resource acquisitions	16 March 2017	View Archived Webinar
Planning for the budget-ocalypse: the evolution of a serials/ER cancellation methodology	20 April 2015	View Archived Webinar
Streamline your negotiation: creating & updating a license template for your institution	10 April 2014	View Archived Webinar
Effective negotiation in the 21st century: from computer mediated communication to playing hardball	22 May 2012	View Archived Webinar

AI
Transforming library data analytics into strategic insights with ChatGPT	21 January 2025	View Archived Webinar
Artificial intelligence and licensing: working with new language	29 October 2024	View Archived Webinar
Use of AI by librarians in higher education	13 December 2023	View Archived Webinar

DATA ANALYTICS
Automating COUNTER reports with Python: save time in evaluating your statistics	23 January 2024	View Archived Webinar
COUNTER release 5	17 July 2017	View Archived Webinar
Introduction to SUSHI	18 May 2017	View Archived Webinar
An introduction to COUNTER usage reports for librarians	20 October 2016	View Archived Webinar
Troubleshooting electronic resources with ILL data	18 February 2016	View Archived Webinar
NISO/NASIG joint webinar Playing the numbers: best practices in acquiring, interpreting, and applying usage statistics	21 May 2014	Description; No recording available

DEI / ACCESSIBILITY
"This work is urgent, this work will take time": Integrating DEIA into resource description workflows	4 February 2025	Registration; Recording not yet available
Ms. Categorized: gender, notability, and inequality on Wikipedia	17 May 2022	View Archived Webinar
Microaggressions matter: small actions that cause unintended harm	19 April 2022	View Archived Webinar
Designing for accessibility	24 October 2019	View Archived Webinar
Bringing social justice behind the scenes: transforming the work of technical services	18 April 2019	View Archived Webinar
How accessible Is our collection? Performing an E-resources accessibility review	19 October 2017	View Archived Webinar

EMPLOYMENT / PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Finding jobs, getting jobs, doing jobs	15 May 2024	View Archived Webinar
You’re hired! Best practices of applying and interviewing for library jobs	6 April 2023	View Archived Webinar
Library law school	23 May 2023	Description; No recording available
Preventing burnout in new hires: importance of onboarding support for employees at all experience levels	10 May 2022	View Archived Webinar
What makes a good mentor? A panel discussion	4 March 2020	View Archived Webinar
Joining the library profession: getting hired, attending regional conferences, and finding a mentor	28 February 2018	View Archived Webinar

METADATA / CATALOGING
Creating and Implementing an Inclusive Metadata Policy	17 April 2025	Registration; Recording not yet available
Improving access to Indigenous collections through classification and metadata	13 August 2024	View Archived Webinar
How librarians use, implement and can support researcher indentifiers (NISO)	10 August 2016	Description; No recording available
NISO/NASIG Joint Webinar Not business as usual: special cases in RDA serials cataloging	20 May 2015	Description; No recording available
From record-bound to boundless: FRBR, linked data, and new possibilities for serials cataloging	23 October 2014	View Archived Webinar
Publisher metadata in library systems and how it helps the user	6 December 2012	View Archived Webinar

PRESERVATION
Digital Preservation 101: 404 no more	7 May 2025	Registration; Recording not yet available
Digital preservation for books	24 September 2024	View Archived Webinar
Publishers preserving publishing	28 November 2023	View Archived Webinar
Digital preservation: why libraries need a policy for the stuff they publish and the stuff they collect	4 May 2023	View Archived Webinar
NASIG Digital Preservation Webinar Integrating preservation into librarian workflows	29 March 2022	View Archived Webinar
A model preservation policy for digital publishers & preservers	26 September 2021	View Archived Webinar

PUBLISHING / SCHOLARLY COMMUNICATIONS / OA
Communication of Retractions, Removals, and Expressions of Concern (CREC): Shaping Ethical Research	13 March 2025	Registration; Recording not yet available
Getting started in publishing, editing, and peer review	28 February 2024	View Archived Webinar
Academic writing and publishing	20 April 2017	View Archived Webinar
Analysing a copyright question: a how-to guide	19 May 2016	Description; No recording available
The electronic resource librarian's role in digital scholarship and scholarly communications	12 February 2015	View Archived Webinar
Protect your patrons from predatory publishers	22 October 2013	Description; No recording available
Scholar Commons @USF: sharing knowledge worldwide	26 September 2013	View Archived Webinar

TECHNOLOGY / PLATFORMS
Managing centrally negotiated or purchased E-collection in the Alma Network Zone	26 March 26 2024	View Archived Webinar
Working to bring out the best with INVEST	19 September 2023	View Archived Webinar
Streamlining content platform migrations	21 January 2021	View Archived Webinar
Making complicated processes simple: a look at how MarcEdit 7 is expanding the user tool kit	18 May 2018	Description; No recording available
CORAL: one system, three perspectives	26 April 2018	View Archived Webinar
Tracking down the problem: the development of a web-scale discovery troubleshooting workflow	16 November 2017	View Archived Webinar
DIY E-resources management: basics of information architecture	13 November 2014	View Archived Webinar
From scratch: designing serials and E-resources tools for Kuali OLE	22 February 2013	View Archived Webinar

MISC.
Dark and stormy ISSN secrets	4 December 2024	View Archived Webinar
The future can be hacked: how libraries can manage, operate, and survive during a ransomware attack	14 December 2021	View Archived Webinar
UKSG webinar Thinking the unthinkable – doing away with the library catalogue	11 June 2014	Description; No recording available
Working outside of the library: "With Google you are not limited. You have as much as you can pull up."	14 May 2013	View Archived Webinar

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