SSP’s 43rd Annual Meeting, planned for the last week of May 2021, is now open for submission of proposals for educational sessions through December 4, 2020. All educational sessions will be presented virtually.
Proposals for posters are being accepted through January 29, 2021, and poster presentations will provide an opportunity for information to be displayed and available to all attendees.
Without dwelling on the tumultuous events of 2019, SSP is recognising its impact, igniting—and sometimes forcing—innovation to meet changing demands. What new insights and strategies have been discovered and implemented? What are the possibilities that have yet to be realised? As SSP is moving from reacting to adapting, how will its responses change the future of scholarly communications? How should SSP’s responsibility to the larger academic ecosystem during the extraordinary time shape those responses?
Adopting some of the lessons learned, the meeting will be ‘virtual first’ and include the ability for attendees to fully participate from their homes or offices. However, the option of in-person coordinated events is being evaluated, if both safe and practical, to complement the online educational sessions.
One significant difference that a virtual approach will have from previous years’ meetings is that educational sessions will be categorised by subject area rather than grouped in tracks. While submitting session proposal, up to five possible subject areas can be selected. Suggested subject areas include: accessibility; AI/machine learning; change management; metrics, data, and metadata; discoverability; diversity, equity, & inclusion; ethics; external pressures; globalisation; marketing and sales; professional development; publishing, editorial, and production; response and responsibility; business strategies and models; and tools and technology.
SSP is now using Ex Ordo for abstract submissions. Submitters should select their session type at the beginning of the submission process for each proposal, and are permitted to submit more than one proposal of one or more types: Educational sessions, Posters, and 5-minute Preview sessions.
More detailed set of submission guidelines can be found at https://customer.sspnet.org/SSP/2021-Meeting/Submission-Guidelines/ssp/AM21/Submission-Guidelines.aspx?hkey=2b4772e9-84cc-4ff0-8293-0dc9f1d37778.
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