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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">SOA Call for Poster Presentations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The Society of Ohio Archivists is accepting proposals from students and professionals for a poster session during the 2013 SOA Spring Conference at the OCLC Conference Center in Dublin, Ohio on April 5, 2013.
Posters will be displayed throughout the conference with a specified time for presenters to discuss their project and answer questions.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Individual posters may describe applied or theoretical research that is completed or underway; discuss interesting collections with which presenters have worked; or report on archives and records projects in which
presenters have participated (e.g., development of finding aids, public outreach, database construction, etc.). Submissions should focus on research or activities conducted recently.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black">Eligibility for Submitting a Poster Presentation Proposal<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Individuals working in a position as archivist, librarian, or historian where they are significantly involved in arrangement and description, reference services, digitization or other technology-based projects,
preservation/conservation of paper or electronic material, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Students currently attending or recent graduates, within the past year, of an undergraduate or graduate program that includes a concentration in Archival Studies, Library Science, Public History, or another field
closely related to archival work.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">The work of joint authors is also acceptable - such as student groups, student chapters, or groups of professional colleagues. One person should coordinate the submission of each group proposal.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><u><span style="color:black">Submission Format and Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Proposals must be received no later than
<b>February 28, 2013</b> and must include the following information:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> * <b>Proposer’s Name and Contact Information</b> (email address, postal address, and phone number)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> * <b>Proposer’s Institutional Affiliation
</b>(College/University for students, Employer for professionals)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> * <b>Proposer's position title, if applicable</b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>* Degree program, if applicable<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <b>* Title of Poster Presentation<o:p></o:p></b></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"> * Type of Proposal (Individual Poster or Group Poster)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black"> * Poster Abstract (200 words or less)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">* A short description of how your poster content will be useful or of interest to SOA attendees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">* Affirmation of Attendance (a sentence indicating your commitment to attend 2013 SOA Spring Meeting 2013 and present your poster in person if selected)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left:9.0pt"><b><span style="color:black">*For group posters, please include the name and contact information for any co-presenters<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:black">Submit your proposal online using the form available at this link:
</span></b><a href="https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFpXQ0kyWDVtbUtyc2lFbUdCWnA2T0E6MQ">https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/viewform?fromEmail=true&formkey=dFpXQ0kyWDVtbUtyc2lFbUdCWnA2T0E6MQ</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black">Each person submitting a proposal will receive an email confirmation that their proposal was received. If you do not receive an email confirmation, please contact the coordinators of the SOA poster session listed
below.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:black"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Please direct any questions to the coordinators of the poster session:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Suzanne Maggard<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Reference/Collections Librarian<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Archives and Rare Books Library<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">University of Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:suzanne.maggard@uc.edu">suzanne.maggard@uc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Phone: 513-556-7016<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Or <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Stephanie Bricking<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Sabin Archivist<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">University of Cincinnati<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing"><a href="mailto:stephanie.bricking@uc.edu">stephanie.bricking@uc.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNoSpacing">Phone: 513-558-2275<o:p></o:p></p>
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