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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> <a href="mailto:digipres-request@lists.ala.org">
digipres-request@lists.ala.org</a> [<a href="mailto:digipres-request@lists.ala.org">mailto:digipres-request@lists.ala.org</a>]
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Nancy Y McGovern<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, May 10, 2017 10:15 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> <a href="mailto:digipres@lists.ala.org">digipres@lists.ala.org</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [Digipres] DEADLINE REMINDER: Submissions to the 2017 SAA Research Forum due May 16th!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">** please excuse cross-postings**
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The deadline is May 16 to submit abstracts for
</span>the Research Forum on the Tuesday (July 25) of the Society of American Archivists
<span style="color:#1F497D">(SAA) </span>Annual Meeting in Portland OR. <span style="color:#1F497D">
There’s still time</span>! <span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">The Annual Meeting theme this year is: alike/different [in all the ways that can be] and the Research Forum especially welcomes submissions that align with the theme.
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:#1F497D">We have two bonus events if you are able to attend:<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc">
<li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Thursday: Town Hall with SAA leadership and representatives from a number of affiliated associations (<a href="http://archivists.ca/">ACA</a> - we hope,
<a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/">ACRL</a>, <a href="http://www.ala.org/acrl/">ARL</a>,
<a href="http://www.mela.us/">MELA</a>, <a href="https://www.coar-repositories.org/">
COAR</a>, <a href="https://www.diglib.org/">DLF</a>, <a href="https://www.iasa-web.org/">
IASA</a>, <a href="https://or2017.net/">Open Repositories</a>, <a href="http://rbms.info/">
RBMS</a>, and possibly more…).<o:p></o:p></li><li class="MsoNormal" style="color:#1F497D;margin-left:0in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3">
Saturday all-day forum: <i>The Liberated Archive: A Forum for Envisioning and Implementing a Community-Based Approach to Archives</i><o:p></o:p></li></ul>
<p class="MsoNormal">Nance <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The deadline for submissions to the 2017 SAA Research Forum is fast approaching on May 16, 2017.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<a href="http://www2.archivists.org/am2017/research-forum-2017"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">http://www2.archivists.org/am2017/research-forum-2017</span></a><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">
</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SAA invites submission of abstracts (of 250 words or fewer) for either 10-minute platform presentations or poster presentations. Topics may address research on, or innovations in, any aspect of archives
practice or records management in government, corporate, academic, scientific, or other setting. Presentations on research results that may have emerged since the 2017 Annual Meeting Call for Proposals deadline are welcome, as are reports on research completed
within the past three years that you think is relevant and valuable for discussion. Please indicate whether you intend to do a platform or poster presentation.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abstracts will be evaluated by a review committee co-chaired by Nancy McGovern (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Helen Tibbo (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 16, 2017.
</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You will be notified of the review committee’s decision by July 1 (in advance of the Early-Bird registration deadline).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Submit your 250-word abstract no later than May 16 via email to
<b><a href="mailto:researchforum@archivists.org">researchforum@archivists.org</a></b>.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="mso-margin-top-alt:0in;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:15.0pt;margin-left:0in">
<b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please be sure to include: Presentation title, your name, affiliation, email address, and whether your proposal is for a platform or poster presentation.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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