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 EVENTS:

Shaping the Future: Getting Involved in Information Standards Committees

WHEN: April 20, 2026, 2:00-3:00PM EDT

Speakers:
- Keondra Bailey, Standards Program Manager, NISO
- Bobbi Patham, Global Manager, Discovery & Discovery Services, Springer Nature Group (KBART committee member)
- Kevin Balster, Continuing Resource Management Team Leader, UCLA Library (PCC member)
- Heather Staines (COUNTER Education Committee)

Have you ever wondered who is behind the standards in our industry? Have you ever wished you had a chance to share your thoughts on how standards could be improved? This panel webinar will provide a peek behind the curtain to see what it is like to be on a standards committee and how you can get involved yourself. Our panelists have served on a wide variety of standards committees and groups that you will be familiar with in your day-to-day work. They can provide advice and set expectations on getting more involved in the standards creation process.

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"It isn't part of our language": Self-naming and Indigenous Peoples in Library Data

WHEN: May 6, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM EDT

Speakers:
- Laura Daniels, Director of Cataloging & Metadata at Cornell University Library
- Steven Folsom, Head of Metadata Design and Operations at Cornell University Library

This presentation will describe the thought process and methods used by the Cornell University Library to engage with Haudenosaunee leaders to facilitate self-naming in the Library of Congress Subject Headings.

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Coming to Terms: Enacting Reparative Change in an Urban Library OPAC

WHEN: May 13, 2026, 2:00–3:00 PM EDT

Speakers:
- Amy Mikel (Brooklyn Public Library)
- Miriam Gloger (BookOps)

Amy Mikel (Brooklyn Public Library) and Miriam Gloger (BookOps) will share reparative cataloging practices undertaken by BPL and the ongoing efforts to design a sustainable and evolving approach that is collaborative, inclusive, and cross-institutional to serve diverse stakeholders within a large urban public library system. The session will detail opportunities, considerations, and technical strategies for libraries looking to implement and support inclusive cataloging by using local terms in the OPAC, and processes for flagging and addressing outdated, offensive, biased, or misapplied terms from LCSH and other standard thesauri.

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Past Events

All archived webinars are hosted on the NASIG YouTube page.