[Asis-l] Research Forum at SAA2008 - Abstracts due May 15th

[Helen Tibbo]

Society of American Archivists 
2008 Research Forum
“Foundations and Innovations”
Tuesday, August 26, 10:00 am - 4:30 pm
Hilton San Francisco
 
Participants’ response to the 1st Annual SAA Research Forum in August 2007
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 2008 Research Forum will build on
last year's success by expanding the presentations portion to a full day.   

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 SAA’s 2nd Annual 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 2nd Annual SAA Research Forum will be held at ARCHIVES 2008 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 2008
 
The following events are planned for 2008:
 
•         Research Workshop (Monday, August 25, 9:00 am - 4:00 pm): 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 26, 10:00am –
4:30 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 28, and
Friday, August 29):  2008 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 in 2008 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 2007 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 15, 2008.  You will be notified
of the review committee’s decision by June 15.
 
Submit your 250-word abstract no later than May 15 via email to
researchforum at archivists.org.



Dr. Helen R. Tibbo
School of Information and Library Science
201 Manning Hall CB# 3360
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-3360
Phone: 919-962-8063
Fax: 919-962-8071
tibbo at email.unc.edu