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Sustainable Archives: AUSTIN 2009
Joint Annual Meeting of the Society of American Archivists
and the Council of State Archivists
Pre-Conference Programs: August 9-11, 2009
Conference Dates: August 11-16, 2009
2009 Exposition Dates: August 13-14, 2009
Early-Bird Registration Deadline: July 6, 2009
Advance Registration Deadline: July 20, 2009
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2009 Research Forum
“Foundations and Innovations”
Call for Participants — Call for Presentations
Tuesday, August 11 • 9:00 am–5:00 pm • Hilton Austin, Texas
Participants’ response to the first two
Annual SAA Research Forums confirmed
that the full spectrum of research
activities—from “pure” research to applied
research to innovative practice—is of great
interest and value to the archives community.
The 2009 Research Forum will build
on previous success by continuing with a
full day of presentations.
If you’re:
- Engaged in research…
- Seeking to identify research-based
solutions for your institution…
- Willing to participate in the research
cycle by serving as a beta site for
research trials…or
- Simply interested in what’s happening
in research and innovation…
Then join us for the 3rd Annual SAA
Research Forum: “Foundations and
Innovations”!
Researchers, practitioners, educators,
students, and the curious across all sectors
of archives and records management
are invited to participate. Use the Forum
to discuss, debate, plan, organize, evaluate,
or motivate research projects and
initiatives. Major goals of the Forum are
to facilitate collaboration and help inform
researchers about what questions and
problems need to be tackled.
The 3rd Annual SAA Research Forum
will be held at ARCHIVES 2009 to
acknowledge current—and encourage
future—research and innovation from
across the archives community and for
the benefit of the archives profession.
Research Forum Events
at ARCHIVES 2009
The following events are planned for 2009:
- Research Workshop (Monday, August 10, 9:00 am–4:00 pm): The pre-conference program, Research Skills Tutorial #0115 is a one-day session
that will provide guidance and advice for conducting research, from defining the scope
to presenting the results.
- Research Presentations and Posters (Tuesday, August 11, 9:00 am–5:00 pm):
Here’s your chance to present, discuss, listen to, or view research reports and results on
a variety of topics. The final 30 minutes of this session will seek input for SAA’s 2009
Research Forum.
- “Office Hours” in the Exhibit Hall (Thursday, August 13, and Friday, August 4):
Research Forum organizers will be on hand to hear your ideas about the Forum and
for ad hoc discussions about specific research projects.
- Poster Sessions: Be sure to make time to visit the poster sessions, which will include
practice innovation and research topics.
Call for Platform and Poster Presentations
SAA invites submission of abstracts (of 250 words or less) for either 10-minute
platform presentations or poster presentations. Topics may address research
on, or innovations in, any aspect of archival practice or records management
in government, corporate, academic, scientific, or other setting. Presentations
on research results that may have emerged since the SAA Call for Proposals
deadline in October 2008 are welcome, as are reports on research completed
within the past 3 years that you think is relevant and valuable for discussion.
Please indicate whether you intend a platform or poster presentation.
Abstracts will be evaluated by a review committee co-chaired by Nancy McGovern
(Inter-University Consortium for Political and Social Research, University of
Michigan) and Helen Tibbo (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill).
Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 1, 2009. You will be notified
of the review committee’s decision by June 15.
Submit your 250-word abstract no later than May 1 via email to
researchforum@archivists.org.
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