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NAG Seminar 2026
May 20 @ 10:30 am - May 21 @ 5:00 pm
£288.00 – £378.00Event Details
Join us at the Albert Hall Conference Centre in Nottingham for NAG’s 16th Collection Development Seminar for Academic Librarians on Wednesday 20th and Thursday 21st May. For the first time, Seminar will be a two day event to fit in even more papers, discussions and networking time!
Papers include:
- Step into the Spotlight: Illuminating Every Team (Sarah Coulbeck and Georgina Young, University of Nottingham)
- Reading Lists as Relationship-Builders: Strengthening Connections Between the Library, Academics, and Students (Jacqueline Hunt and Catherine Parkin, Leeds Beckett University)
- A User-Focused Approach to Print Acquisitions: Revitalising Northumbria University’s Print Purchasing (Amanda Foster and Sean Howley, Northumbria University)
- Connecting Students to Knowledge: The Power of Library Events (Cheryl Harris and Georgia Newman, University of East London)
- Librarians Without a Library: Intersections of Identity, Practice, and Place in an Online Library Service (Hazel Bowley and Emma Latham, Arden University)
- The Book Nook: Acquisitions Beyond Academics (Debora Hodgson and Amelia Jedynak University of Bath)
- User-Powered Wellbeing and Leisure Collections (Aster Weyer Brown and Elle Lund, Exeter University)
- People are Better than Systems (PCA practicalities and Reading List realities when leaving R&P agreements) (Anthony Sinnott, University of York)
At the end of day one, there will be a ploughman’s buffet (sponsored by Perlego) and a drinks reception (sponsored by BDS) to enable further networking opportunities in a more informal atmosphere.
A full programme is available to download below along with our speaker abstracts and bios document.
With thanks to our Gold Sponsors: Kortext and VitalSource.
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