Calling Small Museums - AASLH Small Museum Committee Encourages Session
Proposals!!

 

The American Association for State and Local History (AASLH) is currently
accepting session proposals for the Annual Meeting in Indianapolis, August
26-29, 2009.  The theme of the Annual Meeting is Making History a 21st
Century Enterprise.  The AASLH Small Museum Committee is seeking proposals
specifically addressing topics of interest to small museums such as
community, fundraising, volunteers, governance, collections care and much
more.  
Also, if there is a particular small museum related topic you would like
presented in a session at the Annual Meeting but do not have a presenter,
please contact AASLH Small Museum Committee member Janice Klein at
[log in to unmask] to help you make a connection.  The committee is
interested in making sure that proposals are submitted for the benefit of
staff and volunteers of small museums.

 

Although you are encouraged to download the session proposal form at
http://www.aaslh.org/anmeeting.htm before beginning the process, a few
requirements to consider are 1) The proposal must be in one of the six
accepted formats:  panels, workshops, roundtables, point/counterpoint,
laboratories and current issue forum. 2) Each session will have a chair who
coordinates their  speakers and logistics 3) Once you have developed your
proposal, please complete the session proposal form, a fifty word
description of the session and a 125 word abstract.  

 

Proposal submissions are due on November 17, 2008 so please complete your
session proposal on a related topic for small museums today!  Session chairs
will be notified of their proposal's status by February 28, 2009.  

 

For more information please contact Bethany Hawkins at [log in to unmask] or
by phone at 615.320.3203 or Janice Klein at [log in to unmask]

 

Download the session proposal form at http://www.aaslh.org/anmeeting.htm

 

Brenda Granger

Executive Director

Oklahoma Museums Association 

2100 NE 52nd Street

Oklahoma City, OK 73111-7107

(v) 405.424.7757  (f) 405.427.5068

 <mailto:[log in to unmask]> [log in to unmask]

 <http://www.okmuseums.org/> www.okmuseums.org

 


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