Home Movie Days are coming to a close this year. We were so glad to support your amazing online events, and in some special cases, your amazing in-person IRL events (the reel deal!). We loved the online programs and wondered if we could continue to encourage and support them throughout the year. As the pandemic continues and remain physically isolated, we’d like to help communities (and our HMD communities!) stay connected. What kind of...
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AMIA’s first virtual Pavilion provides the perfect setting for to gain visibility and allows you to engage with media specialists from around the world. You’ll be able to interact with all attendees in the conference platform, set up meetings and video calls, and get notified when someone visits your booth. Booth Fee – $1,500 AMIA Institutional Member – $1,200 Virtual booth during AMIA 2020 Profile, link, logo on conference...
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The Education Committee will be hosting a virtual resume review in conjunction with the AMIA 2020 virtual conference in November. In years past, the Education Committee has hosted an in-person resume review table in which we have asked reviewers to volunteer for 1-2 hour shifts and they review as many resumes as they are able to in that time frame based on demand. This summer we launched a virtual resume review pilot program with AMIA’s...
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Roundtables are informal, collaborative discussions that explore specific topics and issues in a smaller group. There is no presenter or speaker, and they are open to anyone with an interest in the topic. During these small group topical discussions, everyone’s voice is heard and there is a facilitator for support. Recommend a topic for discussion with fellow AMIA members facing our field! It will allow our community a forum to: discuss and...
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AMIA will offer 15 Conference Grants for the 2020 November conference. AMIA is committed to cultivating an environment in which in which a multiplicity of voices are sought, listened to and respected. Conference Grants are open to members and to those who engage or plan to engage with the AMIA community. We encourage applications from those whose work shows a commitment to inclusion and diversity in the field. While past funding recipients are...
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The AMIA 2020 Conference Committee is pleased to invite submissions of abstracts for poster presentations. A poster presentation is one in which information is summarized using texts and images, and presented in a poster format. This is an excellent opportunity to highlight your repository, a digitization project, a research project or other initiative, and share your work with your colleagues. In this year’s virtual poster session, all...
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The goal of the Conference is to present a broadly-based program that speaks to the wide range of attendees with a balance of theory and practice, inviting new ideas and concepts that may stimulate additional interest, involvement and educational benefit. In keeping with ongoing membership discussions about diversity and inclusion, we have urged proposers to use the conference sessions as an opportunity to include new voices and offer diverse...
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