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Mission: Nasig is an independent organization of librarians, publishers, and vendors working together to advance and transform the management of information resources. The ultimate goal is to facilitate and improve the distribution, acquisition, and long-term accessibility of information resources in all formats and business models. Members include a dynamic group of professionals engaging in the understanding of one another's perspectives and improving functionality throughout the information resources lifecycle, with an emphasis on scholarly communication, serials, and electronic resources. Nasig provides a variety of conference and continuing education programming to encourange knowledge sharing among it's members and to support their professional and career development. Nasig also supports the development of standards by niso, an affiliated organization.
Programs: Conference in may 2016 in albuquerque, nm, addressing common member problems such as acquisitions, cataloging, automation, etc. The conference was attended by approximatley 289 members.
newsletters to members to provide current information on the industry; membership directory; web-site maintenance for members; continuing education and related support.