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