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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Janet M. Carleton | Digital Initiatives Coordinator | Digital Initiatives | Mahn Center for Archives and Special Collections, Preservation & Digital Initiatives
| OHIO University Libraries | Alden 333 | Athens, Ohio | 740.597.2527 | she/her |
<a href="mailto:carleton@ohio.edu"><span style="color:black">carleton@ohio.edu</span></a> |
<a href="https://media.library.ohio.edu/"><span style="color:black">Digital Archives</span></a> |
<a href="https://archivesspace.ohio.edu/"><span style="color:black">Archives Finding Aids</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black;mso-ligatures:standardcontextual"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>Sent:</b> Wednesday, November 4, 2026 2:46 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Carleton, Janet (she/her) <carleton@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> [External] MARAC: Spring 2027 Conference Call for Session Proposals<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="background:white"><strong><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Call for Proposals</span></strong><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"><br>
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</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Mid-Atlantic Regional Archives Conference is holding its spring 2027 conference in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, at the<a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/2" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:black">
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Marriott City Center</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> April 1-3.
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">To honor Pittsburgh's distinct and vibrant neighborhoods as well as its history as the home of the
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Mister Rogers' Neighborhood</span></em> television series, the Program Committee invites proposals related to the theme
<em><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif">Won’t You Be My Neighbor? Stronger Together</span></em>. We are seeking proposals that highlight the many different skills, abilities, and backgrounds that enrich our archives, MARAC, and adjacent professions.
This could include highlighting ways that communities and archives work together for the greater good as well as ways we can reach across any divides separating our internal and external neighborhoods and communities, whether they be ideological, budgetary,
technological, geographical, educational, or otherwise.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The Program Committee encourages submissions from newer professionals and members of underrepresented groups. MARAC membership is not required. Presenters may submit more than
one proposal but may present only one session or poster. Members of the Program Committee are not permitted to present.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Proposal Submission<br>
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<b>November 16, 2026</b>. If you are looking for co-presenters or a moderator, consider posting to the<a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/3" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:black">
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/3" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:#1155CC">Collaboration
Spreadsheet</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. Spreadsheet entries are not proposal submissions and will not be considered. Please use the
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/4" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:#1155CC">Submission
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">In the winter of 2026/2027 there will be a call for poster proposals and a call for a student paper session. The student paper session which will be held on the last day of the
conference.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black"> <br>
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</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">For more information, view the full<a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/5" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:black">
</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC"><a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/5" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:#1155CC">Call
for Proposals</span></a></span><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> or see the attached pdf.</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
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</span><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Questions? </span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Contact the Program Committee Co-Chairs Joanne Archer at<a href="http://marac.memberclicks.net/message2/link/5efcf1cd-fecc-4472-9f76-a8306b6dc666/6" target="_blank" title="This external link will open in a new window"><span style="color:#1155CC">
jarcher@loc.gov</span></a> or Jane Cross at <a href="mailto:jcross@loc.gov">jcross@loc.gov</a></span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;color:black">
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