All poster sessions will be held on Thursday afternoon, April 29th. Please be prepared to have your poster set up at least fifteen minutes before your session begins. Plan to be at your table for the entire time (1 hour 10 minutes) to answer questions and explain your research.
Posters sessions provide an informal forum to report innovative projects, introduce new services and resources, or test research ideas of interest to the off-campus library community. Posters may include narratives, tables, graphs, and handouts. They may be in print or electronic format or a combination of the two.
An articulate, expressive poster will contain only the crucial points of the research. Traditional elements include:
- Introduction – objectives, context and hypotheses, or predictions
- Methods—subjects, study site, and protocol
- Results – including graphs, display of electronic content etc.
- Discussion and conclusions – Why the findings are significant
- Acknowledgements and references
Creating/mounting poster
Dimensions for a poster should not exceed 4’x6’. The poster should be a balance between informative and artistic; posters should strive to highlight pertinent information while keeping in mind the logistics of attendees effectively reading and understanding the topic presented. The presenters name and institution should also be available on the poster.
Presenters are responsible for:
- The actual poster and visual materials which comprise the presentation
- The printing of any handouts
- A sign-up sheet and/or business cards to record interest or follow-up for the presentation
- If applicable, a laptop
- Requests and/or inquires for additional items should be directed through the A/V Form
Conference host is responsible for:
- Backing for the 4’x6’ poster
- Materials for securing the posters to the 4’x6’ backing
- A table for handouts and other supplementary materials
- Power supply for a/v equipment including the presenters laptop
Additional information about how to do a poster can be found on these web sites:
http://writing.colostate.edu/guides/speaking/poster/
http://www.plu.edu/~libr/workshops/multimedia/posters.html
http://www.personal.psu.edu/drs18/postershow/
http://www.aspb.org/education/poster.cfm
http://library.buffalo.edu/libraries/asl/guides/bio/posters.html
