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Share your research and experience at SAA



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Finished up the scholastic year and want to share your research and
experience? Share a poster about your project during the SAA annual
conference in Birmingham this August.  The final deadline to submit
abstracts is June 28.

The deadline to submit abstracts for the Student Poster Session at the
SAA  2002 Annual Conference is June 28.  Please submit very brief
(approximately 25 words) abstracts to Danielle DuMerer at
dumerer@wam.umd.edu.

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.  However, SAA will
provide a mechanism for display
and tables and chairs at the poster session 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. Emphasize graphical elements 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
point 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.  Divide contents of your poster into appropriate sections.  For
example: title, author, affiliation; abstract; methodology; results or
data; conclusions.  Include each of these under a separate and clearly
marked heading as noted above.

6. Written material should be concise.  The fewer words there are for
the eye to read, the easier the poster will be to digest.  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.  Tables will be small, but there should be enough room to
provide a summary of your research or a reduced version of your poster
in flyer form.  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 hearing about your research and the new directions of
the archival profession; your enthusiastic participation will help root
the presence of this important event at the SAA annual conference in the
years to come.  Questions
regarding these guidelines or your poster proposal should be sent to
Danielle.

Student Poster Session Working Group:
Danielle DuMerer, University of Maryland, co-chair
Marisol Ramos-Lum, University of California at Los Angeles, co-chair
Carol Mead, University of Texas at Austin
Amity Smetzler, Western Washington University

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