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<p style="margin:0in">Just a reminder – proposals are due next week and the Research Forum is
<span style="color:black">a great opportunity to present</span>/share<span style="color:black"> your completed and/or research in development with the broader archival community.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">[MAY 1] DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR THE SAA RESEARCH FORUM </span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">On behalf of the 2023 Research Forum Program Committee, we invite you to submit abstracts (of 300 words or fewer) for either approximately 10-minute platform presentations or 2-minute 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. </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">The 2023 Research Forum will be conducted as two Zoom-based virtual sessions, each three-and-a-half hours long, on July 12 from 1:00 – 4:30 pm CT and July 19, 1:00 – 4:30 pm CT. In addition, professional posters
will be displayed online with presenters’ contact information so that one-on-one discussions can take place.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Presentations on research results that may have emerged since the 2022 Joint 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 a platform or poster presentation. See the full call here:
</span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/am2023/research-forum-2023"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www2.archivists.org/am2023/research-forum-2023</span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Special topics this year include: global challenges; equity, diversity, inclusion, and social justice; collaboration across GLAM domains (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums); repository-level data; centering
users; and building audiences. These topics are detailed in the SAA CORDA Research and Innovation Roadmap (</span><a href="https://www2.archivists.org/groups/committee-on-research-data-and-assessment/saa-research-and-innovation-roadmap-beta-version-10"><span style="color:#1155CC">beta
version</span></a><span style="color:black">.)</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Abstracts will be evaluated by the 2023 Research Forum Program Committee convened by Jennifer Gunter King (Emory University) and Sarah Pratt Martin (Simmons University).</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="color:black">Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1, 2023. </span></b><span style="color:black">You will be notified of the review committee’s decision by June 1.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdOrsyl5-ZsjLWrz7vc_ZqpfyVDL5O7Hfm0yxSekGeIhpuvDA/viewform?usp=share_link"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Proposals should be submitted here</span></b></a><b><span style="color:black">
and must include: Presentation title, your name and affiliation, email address, whether your proposal is for a platform or poster presentation, if you are a first time presenter, and an abstract of no more than 300 words.</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Best,</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">Michelle Sweetser and Rebecca Thayer</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="color:black">SAA Research Forum Coordinators</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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