Newsletter Guidelines

Maine Archives & Museums publishes a quarterly newsletter in Feburary, May, August, and November. We encourage members to submit news about their organization and other items of interest to the field.

February 2013 ISSUE DEADLINES

The deadline for submissions to the FEBRUARY 2013 newsletter is December 30, 2012. This issue will cover the months of February, March, and April 2013, so please send only information on exhibitions, events, and opportunities that will be relevant to that time period.

NOTE : Instead of sending your entire calendar of events for this period, we ask that you just select the two or three most important items, the ones you most want to promote and the ones you think are most relevant for MAM's membership. If you send your entire list, then we'll have to make the tough decisions about what to cut out.

All submissions should be sent as separate e-mail attachments, ideally in Word format, though we can read almost any word-processing software. Please send images as separate jpg attachments (do not embed them in your text files). See full guidelines to the right.

Please e-mail submissions to newsletter editor Jessica Skwire Routhier at jrouthier@maine.rr.com and be sure to put “for MAM newsletter” or the equivalent in your subject field. We look forward to receiving your submissions!

REMEMBER: You must be an up-to-date member of MAM to submit material to the newsletter! Need to renew? Do it now, online: click here. Not sure of your membership status or having trouble renewing? E-mail info@mainemuseums.org.

Look for your newsletter in-print and on-line in February 2013!

NEWSLETTER GUIDELINES

Feature Articles

Feature articles should be 500-1,500 words in length, accompanied by at least one photo (see photo guidelines below). Please be in touch at jrouthier@maine.rr.com well in advance of the deadline to discuss topics for potential feature articles.

Events and Exhibitions

50-150-word (or so) blurbs about your upcoming events and exhibitions. Feel free to include ONE accompanying photo for each blurb (see photo guidelines below). Don't forget to include information about where, when, and how much, and please end your blurb with your physical address as well as either a phone number or web address!

Dispatches

50-150-word (or so) blurbs about awards, grants, staff news, conservation projects, special community collaborations, etc. Again, we welcome one photo for each blurb (see photo guidelines below).

Opportunities

50-150-word (or so) blurbs about job listings, workshops, conferences, grant opportunities, traveling exhibitions, etc. We welcome suggestions about things to include in this section, even if it doesn't have anything to do with your institution!

Seen & Heard

Photos of recent goings-on at your institution. Be sure to provide a one-sentence caption explaining who or what is pictured and when the photo was taken.

Photo Guidelines

Please send photographs as a separate file--do not embed in your text file. Photos should ideally be 300 dpi, and jpgs or tffs. Bmps are not OK! Be sure to include a caption for each photo in your e-mail message.

Maine Archives and Museums / P.O. Box 46 / Cumberland Center, Maine 04021 / (207) 400-6965 / info@mainemuseums.org