You are invited to the Society of Indiana Archivists Annual Meeting

Annual Meeting: Sparking Change, Friday, March 31, 2017

Ball State University, Muncie, Indiana

You are invited to contribute your archives knowledge and experiences with your colleagues from around the state at the SIA Annual Meeting, to be held on the Ball State University campus in Muncie on Friday, March 31, 2017.

This is the year we celebrate SIA’s 45^th Anniversary with the theme of Sparking Change. Share your stories about how you’ve used innovative solutions to solve common problems, created change at your institution, or adopted new approaches in response to user experiences. Or spark our ideas by showing us exciting projects or creative exhibits.

Sessions will be 45 minutes long. They may be presented by individuals or multiple speakers and can be hands-on demonstrations, panels, or lightning rounds. We’re also open to other formats if you suggest them. Change is good!

Sessions can be on any aspect of archival work and speakers are encouraged to share both successes and failures so that attendees can benefit from lessons learned. Sessions should be informative, inspiring, create discussion, focus on the practical applications of the topic, and maybe even fun. Fun is good, too!

Be the change you wish to create. Suggest topics you want to discuss at conferences. If you need a few ideas, consider topics such as:

Digital solutions           Design thinking for archives          Processing issues          Grant writing          Advocacy          Creative solutions

Outreach and marketing strategies          Lone arranger issues          Copyright          Student projects and internships

Reference and archival instruction          Primary source literacy           Remodeling your archives

Speakers do not need to be SIA members. Students and new professionals are encouraged to participate. The meeting will take place at the Ball State University Alumni Center, where parking is free!

Submit proposals to Carol Street, SIA Vice President at castreet@bsu.edu. Include a session title, brief description of the proposed session (250 words or less), and name and contact information of all speakers.

Proposal deadline is December 1, 2016.

Many thanks to this year’s sponsor: