ALHHS/MeMA Call for Program Proposals
The 2019 Program Committee seeks your participation in
the ALHHS/MeMA Annual Meeting, taking place on Thursday, April 25, in Columbus,
Ohio. We have some exciting plans in store for the 2019 meeting, and success
depends on hearing from a wide range of our members.
First, I’m delighted to announce that the 2019 meeting
will feature a special-focus panel on intersections and partnerships between
museums and libraries/archives, chaired by James Edmonson. Please consider presenting as part of this
panel.
Next, by popular demand, this meeting will include a
poster session, along with traditional paper/
Based on the feedback from the 2018 meeting, our members
are most interested in the following topics:
·
Born-digital archives and challenges related to
paper and/or digital preservation
·
New outreach and programming initiatives
·
Examples of digital humanities projects and
infrastructure
·
Diversity and inclusion initiatives
·
Embedding our collections in the curriculum
However, please do not feel limited by the above. We welcome presentations on any topic of
interest and relevance to our membership.
Please submit your proposal using the form at https://goo.gl/forms/
The deadline for submitting proposals is Monday, December
10, 2018. We will notify proposers of
our decisions in early January, to give members sufficient time to make their
travel requests and plans.