Seminars for 2018
For 2018, NAG will be running three seminars; our usual Collection Development for Academic Libraries seminar in May (Birmingham), followed by two day seminars in November (Leeds) with day one [...]
New Sponsorship Structure
For 2018, NAG will be running three seminars; our usual Collection Development for Academic Libraries seminar in May (Birmingham), followed by two day seminars in November (Leeds) with day one [...]
BIC Statement on Best Practice for Title and Subtitle Metadata Fields
BIC have released a statement regarding best practice for use of the title and subtitle metadata fields saying: Some publishers and other metadata providers are using the subtitle, and sometimes [...]
Remembering Chris Hall
Chris Hall, who died on 28 December 2017, served and supported NAG for almost three decades - a unique contribution recognised by the award of an Honorary Fellowship in 2011, [...]
Call for papers: NAG Collection Development Seminar 2018
NAG Collection Development Seminar 2018 Wednesday 23rd May 2018 Call for papers Submissions for papers are welcome for next year’s 8th Collection Development Seminar for Academic Libraries. The theme for [...]
NAG joins YouTube!
This year at #NAG17 we trialed filming two of the papers and here are the results! Firstly we have Karen Colbron from JISC talking about National Monograph Solutions: https://youtu.be/MxUB-KSL94M Secondly, [...]
NAG Award winner 2017
This year’s National Acquisitions Group (NAG) Award for Excellence has been won by the e-book accessibility audit team. Their project sought to introduce a benchmark for accessibility in e-book platforms [...]
NAG Business Plan
Our full new Business Plan is available to download here just in time for #NAG17 Conference next week. Do have a look, and bring your ideas, suggestions and questions to [...]
Guides from BIC
BIC RFID Privacy in Libraries Toolkit We're delighted to report that the BIC RFID Privacy Task & Finish Working Group has now released a draft toolkit to provide information on [...]
Full Programme for #NAG17
The full programme for #NAG17 is now available here. We hope it provides a good balance of public and academic library interest along with four workshops to choose from on [...]
UnMentoring
UnMentoring - Who should contact NAG and why NAG’s new UnMentoring scheme is designed for all those working with the selection, acquisition or management of library resources – whether in [...]
Glasstree expands academic publishing program to Australia and Middle East
Glasstree Academic Publishing is proud to announce its expansion into two important new regions—Australia/New Zealand and the Middle East/North Africa—through partnerships with local companies Mercedes Waratah (Australia) and Jamalon (Middle [...]