In 2001, SSSR will hold its annual meeting in Boulder Colorado on June 1,2, and 3rd. The meeting will take place at an attractive resort, the Regal Harvest House. Information provided by the Resort includes the following:
“Guests enjoy the ambiance and activity of a complete resort. Situated on 16 acres at the base of the Rocky Mountains, the Regal Harvest House is located in a very convenient part of Boulder with easy access to Downtown Denver and Denver International Airport. There are 15-20 restaurants within walking distance of the hotel in addition to our own Fancy Moose Restaurant. Also, the University of Colorado, eight movie theaters, the Crossroads Mall and the Pearl Street Mall are all nearby and give your attendees plenty of options for recreational activities. Our full range of accommodations and recreational amenities make our hotel an ideal location for your guests. They can tend to their daily business as well as take some time to relax and unwind.”
Boulder is reached easily from Denver’s airport by direct buses from the terminal.
Room rates are $119 .00 for Single and Double Occupancy. Rates do not include tax, which is currently 9.70%. You can reach the hotel web page by starting with www.regalhotel.com and going to the Boulder location. You will need to call or fax the hotel directly at 303 443 3850 (fax 303 443 1480) and announce that you are with the Society for the Scientific Study of Reading to get the SSSR room rate.
Please make your reservation now to have the best chance for a room with mountain views. Even if you are not absolutely sure you will attend, your early reservations will allow us to expand our reduced-rate block, if that proves necessary. The rooms are quite large and contain either a king size or two double beds. If you plan to extend your stay in Boulder, the hotel will offer the same conference room rate. Space should be available after the conference. However, Boulder is hosting a large (45,000 runners) 10 K race the weekend and Monday prior to the conference, so space may not be available then.
Papers may be presented by voting members, active members, and student members of the Society. Proposals from active members and student members consist of a title, a maximum 100 word abstract, and a 1-2 page (2 page maximum) summary, which explains the major questions and methods of the study and the importance of the results. Priority goes to the studies that are completed. Papers will be reviewed by a program committee consisting of SSSR members. Although an attempt will be made to accommodate all proposals judged favorably, space limitations may be a factor in the final selection of papers. If space limits the number of spoken papers, an author's willingness to give a poster instead of a spoken paper increases the chances of the paper's inclusion on the program. First authors will be notified by email of the acceptance or rejection of the paper.
Proposals submitted by voting members, who need to include only titles and abstracts, will be accepted without review. Generally, voting members’ papers will be accepted as spoken presentations; however, some may be assigned as posters, if space for spoken papers is limited.
All papers at the Stockholm meeting were 15 minutes, with 5 minutes for discussion and movement between the parallel sessions. This worked very well, so we will continue this procedure for the 2001 meeting. Session chairs will impose strict clocks on speaking time to synchronize the parallel sessions. Generally, parallel sessions will be scheduled, but the program committee may nominate a small number of papers to be presented at a general session.
Proposals for posters from members at all levels are encouraged. It has been encouraging to see an increase in the number of posters presented by senior researchers. This is an excellent format for presenting research in a way that encourages real discussion.
All authors of papers will be listed in the program, with the first author designated as the presenter. Any author who becomes unable to present a paper listed in the program should contact the program chair immediately by email. Failure to do so may result in loss of eligibility at the next year's meeting.
All presenters must register for the conference and pay the registration fee. International members may pay registration fees in cash (U.S.) at the time of the meeting at the advance registration rate.
Proposals should be submitted to the program chair at the address below (PREFERABLY BY EMAIL). Accepted email submissions will have their abstracts included in the conference web-page program. To submit your proposal by email, send it to: rolson@psych.colorado.edu (not the SSSR list serve). Include "Call for Papers" as the subject. We prefer that you include the full submission in your email message, not as an attachment. If you send it as an attachment to your email, please send it as a regular text file.
Include the following information in your email proposal, in this order:
1. Paper Title
2. Presenting Author, with (a) affiliation, (b) address, (c) phone, (d) E-mail
3. Co-authors and affiliations
4. Membership Status: (a) Voting, (b) Active, (c) Student, (d) Application for membership submitted.
5. Preference for participation (a) Spoken paper but willing to give poster if necessary, (b) Poster, (c) Spoken paper only.
6. If spoken paper, indicate time requested (an additional 5 minutes will be allowed for discussion): (a) 10 minutes, (b) 15 minutes, (c) 20 minutes (limited availability).
7. Are you willing to chair a session? (a) yes, (b) no.
8. 100 word (maximum) abstract
9. 250 to 500 word summary
Your email submission is taken to affirm your understanding that proposals for this meeting are original and affirm that your identical proposal has not been published nor presented at another professional meeting.
Proposals by regular mail should include 4 copies of the abstract and summary, and one copy of the proposal cover sheet (which includes points 1-7 for the email submission). All proposals by regular mail must include a self-addressed stamped envelope for notice of program participation. The deadline for both regular and email submissions is October 15, 2000.
Address for regular mail submissions is
Richard K. Olson
Department of Psychology, CB 345
University of Colorado
Boulder, Colorado 80309
For details regarding conference registration, please see the SSSR Website http://www.gse.utah.edu/edst/sssr/