Inside ZSR
The 27th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference was held at the Friday Center in Chapel Hill, and it was a great conference as always. The sessions were interesting, the speakers were engaging, and the topics spurred several ideas for a later time. Beyond these, however, were several features that I enjoyed at this year’s conference.... more ›
Chris at the 2017 Charleston Conference After hearing about the Charleston Conference for many years in the circles of conferences and workshops, I finally attended my first one this year thanks to a scholarship from Harrassowitz. Marketed as the event for “issues in book and serial acquisition,” the Charleston Conference was an event that covered... more ›
It was great to have the 62nd NCLA Biennial Conference back in Winston-Salem last week! For this conference, I served behind the scenes on the conference’s Planning Committee, specifically with the Local Arrangements Committee. There were several ZSR connections on this committee as well: one of the co-chairs was one of my former student assistants,... more ›
Indianapolis was the site of this year’s conference, and I must admit that I was slightly hesitant about the location at first. After all, Indianapolis isn’t one of the first locations that come to mind for a conference, library-related or not. But Indianapolis turned out to be a very charming city with several attractions. In... more ›
The 26th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference has the theme “Being Data-Informed: Taking Control and Connecting Users to Content,” and the portions about connections held a specific resonance with me this year. As always, the conference was a draw for serialists, library school students, and publishers for a day of programming for those who work... more ›
The 2016 NASIG Annual Conference was held in Albuquerque, New Mexico in early June, and it was my first conference serving as a Member-At-Large on the Executive Committee. It was a good experience, particularly to have (then) Past President Steve Kelley also representing ZSR on the national scene. I served as the Board Liaison to... more ›
Several weeks ago, I attended the 2016 North Carolina Serials Conference in Chapel Hill with Steve Kelley. This year is also the conference’s 25th anniversary, and it was celebrated in with a formal program during the lunchtime banquet. Several individuals were recognized for their work that established the conference as well as for their leadership... more ›
2015 is a significant milestone for NASIG in two distinct areas: the organization celebrates its thirtieth anniversary, and the name of the organization changes from “North American Serials Interest Group” to simply “NASIG”. Both events were commemorated at this year’s conference that was held outside of Washington, D.C. with ZSR’s own Steve Kelley serving as... more ›
On Tuesday, I attended my first Carolina Consortium meeting. I’ve attended similar meetings previously, but this one was truly unique for me in that electronic resources were the primary focus. E-books were, of course, dominant in the conversation of the day as more packages were being offered by many vendors and libraries considered the choices... more ›
After a delay caused by the threat of icy weather (which didn’t quite materialize), Derrik, Steve and I made the voyage on Friday, March 6 to Chapel Hill for the 24th Annual North Carolina Serials Conference. The conference itself had a later starting time and had amended session times, but it still ran smoothly without... more ›