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Extended Deadline: SAA Student Poster Session 2003 

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Date: Sat, 1 Mar 2003 09:15:36 -0800
From: Ciaran B Trace  [ctrace@UCLA.EDU]
Subject: Extended Deadline: SAA Student Poster Session 2003
Sender: Archives & Archivists  [ARCHIVES@LISTSERV.MUOHIO.EDU]


The deadline for abstracts for the SAA Student Poster Session has been
extended to March 10.

Come join your colleagues from the University of California Los Angeles,
University of Michigan, University of Arizona, Simmons College, University
of Maryland and San Jose State University in presenting your work or the
work of your student chapter to a wider archival audience.

The 2003 Annual Meeting will take place at the Century Plaza Hotel and
Tower in Los Angeles, California, August 18-24, 2003. This year the posters
will be available for viewing on Thursday, August 21, and Friday, August 22
in the SAA exhibit hall.  SAA has also scheduled times for students to be
available to discuss the content of their posters with conference attendees.

For further details see the call for poster abstracts below.  We look
forward to seeing you all in sunny Southern California!


SAA 2003 Annual Conference
Spotlight on Archives: Showcasing the Diversity of the Archival Enterprise
Los Angeles, California, August 20 - 24

3rd Annual Student Poster Session

Archival students (Masters and PhD) are invited to participate in the third
annual Student Poster Session at the 2003 SAA conference in Los Angeles,
California.  The purpose of the Student Poster Session is to showcase the
work of individual archival students and SAA Student Chapters.

Individual posters may describe research (applied or theoretical) completed
or underway, discuss interesting collections students have worked with, or
report on archival projects that students have participated in (such as the
development of finding aids, public outreach, specialized database
construction etc).

Student Chapter posters may describe chapter activities, events, and other
involvement with the archival profession.

If you wish to submit a poster, please send your name, affiliation, contact
information and a brief description of your poster topic (in no more than
250 words) to Ciaran B. Trace (ctrace@ucla.edu) and Jessica Holada
(jholada@ucla.edu). A single representative should submit student chapter
proposals to the above. All proposals must be submitted by March 10,
2003.  Poster abstracts will be printed in the conference program if
completed by this date.

Please note that students are responsible for their own poster construction
costs and should assemble posters ahead of the session.  There will be no
poster materials available on site.

Guidelines for participants:

1. Posters should be mounted on a foam core base or a stiff poster board
measuring approximately 20 x 30 inches. Encapsulation is also acceptable.

2. Graphical elements should be emphasized when appropriate and possible.
Graphs, charts, tables and illustrations are particularly eye-catching.

3. Lettering should be simple, bold, and easily legible from a distance of
four feet.  Use no more than two or three different fonts.  Keep the font
size between 16 and 48.

4. Headings above each poster section should indicate its contents and
identify the appropriate sequence for viewing the poster (if necessary use
clearly visible numbers, letters, or arrows).

5. Poster content should be divided into appropriate sections.  For
example: tile; author; affiliation; abstract; methodology; results or data;
and conclusions.  Include each of these under a separate and clearly marked
heading as noted above.

6. Written material should be concise. Save unessential but helpful or
interesting secondary points for discussion with your viewers, or create a
brochure that will expand on your topic.

7. Your printed conclusions should permit viewers to focus on a concise
statement of your central findings and should spark informal discussion, if
applicable.

8. Please feel free to bring along supplementary material within reason.
Also bring along business cards or any other information relevant to your
presentation. Laptops are allowed, but keep in mind that no outlets or
Internet connections will be available.

We look forward to your participation.  Questions regarding these
guidelines or your poster proposal should be sent to Ciaran and Jessica.
Information about the Student Poster Session is also available on the SAA
web site
http://www.archivists.org 
and the UCLA Student Chapter web site
http://skipper.gseis.ucla.edu/orgs/saa/HTML/saa.html

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