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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="color:windowtext"> Kate Neptune via Society of American Archivists <<a href="mailto:Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org">Mail@ConnectedCommunity.org</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, April 21, 2021 5:32 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet <<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu">carleton@ohio.edu</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [SAA announcements] : Call for Proposals for the 2021 SAA Research Forum, due 5/15<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:.75pt"><span lang="EN" style="font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">*Apologies for cross-posting.* MAY 15th DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR THE SAA RESEARCH FORUM On behalf of the 2021 Research
Forum... -posted to the "Announcements" community<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconnect.archivists.org%2Fnetwork%2Fmembers%2Fprofile%3FUserKey%3D3ffc898a-6294-49ed-9b8e-fe05711ece0b&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Ce1ee0e1360c14c93ae0608d905aa2661%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637547050617848265%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=au235hyN52dtMpgYyEE%2F3r4faoLiKCis%2FzYyTN%2FdC2s%3D&reserved=0">Kate
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<p style="margin:0in"><i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">*Apologies for cross-posting.*</span></i><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">MAY 15th DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF ABSTRACTS FOR THE SAA RESEARCH FORUM </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">On behalf of the 2021 Research Forum Program Committee, we invite you to submit abstracts (of 300 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. Special topics this year include: diversity and inclusion, our professional identity,
and collaboration across GLAM domains (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums).
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The 2021 Research Forum will be conducted as two Zoom-based virtual sessions, each three-and-a-half hours long, on Wednesday, July 21, from 1:00 to 4:30 pm CT and on Wednesday, July
28, from 1:00 to 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><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Presentations on research results that may have emerged since the 2021 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.
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">See the full call here:
</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww2.archivists.org%2Fam2021%2Fresearch-forum-2021&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Ce1ee0e1360c14c93ae0608d905aa2661%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637547050617848265%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=UbrlBBbAhQSgjsnmizaVnOAMgE%2FqeUDQuSbetlciIKY%3D&reserved=0" title="https://www2.archivists.org/am2021/research-forum-2021"><span style="color:#1155CC">https://www2.archivists.org/am2021/research-forum-2021</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Abstracts will be evaluated by the 2021 Research Forum Program Committee convened by Nance McGovern (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and Heather Soyka (Kent State University).</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Deadline for submission of abstracts: May 15, 2021. </span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">You will be notified of the review committee's decision
in advance of the Early-Bird registration deadline.</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><a href="https://nam11.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdocs.google.com%2Fforms%2Fd%2Fe%2F1FAIpQLSe807WImMSp0E8G5tzTk-ZEprJd3cBX3-dDLnUJs6DtKVyMMw%2Fviewform%3Fusp%3Dsf_link&data=04%7C01%7Ccarleton%40ohio.edu%7Ce1ee0e1360c14c93ae0608d905aa2661%7Cf3308007477c4a70888934611817c55a%7C0%7C0%7C637547050617858264%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&sdata=fxZhI8aBGoBS5ioABVdB6jyPN6JCVL6pBPL8V7kTlCc%3D&reserved=0" title="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe807WImMSp0E8G5tzTk-ZEprJd3cBX3-dDLnUJs6DtKVyMMw/viewform?usp=sf_link"><b><span style="color:#1155CC">Proposals
can be submitted online 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, and an abstract of no more than 300 words.</span></b><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Best,</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Kate Neptune and Rebecca Thayer</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="margin:0in"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">SAA Research Forum Coordinators</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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