Research Posters: Intro

Spring 2023 Capstone Day is April 27.

Booth Library has a plotter printer that is used to print posters.

Poster printing must be done through library staff; students cannot operate the plotter printer from library computers. Since the service is contingent upon the availability of staff, appointments are required.

To arrange a printing appointment contact either library@dewv.edu or 304.637.1200

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Graduating Seniors who are presenting a capstone poster are not charged for printing. Information about printing posters will be forthcoming.

Poster printing is available to all. The cost is $3.50/sq.ft. (e.g.  the standard 3' x 2' poster would cost $21.00 to print.).

Capstone posters are 3' x 2' (landscape)

For your printing appointment have your poster ready, the staff person printing your poster will probably ask for it to be emailed to them, so they can open it on their laptop.  The preferred application for creating a poster is MS PowerPoint or as a pdf, formatted to the correct size. If you choose another application to create your poster, consult first with Library Staff to make sure the application can be accessed from their PC (No MAC software).

• Drop In Workshops to discuss capstone poster design & presentation is available at Booth Library.

• The drop-in workshops are: 

  Tues., March 28: 11am - 1pm
  Sun., April 2: 2:00pm - 4:00pm
  Wed., April 5:  1:00pm - 3:00pm
  Thurs., April 13: 11am - 1:00pm

• The presentation will be at the Library, in the open area next to the Information Desk.

• or by appointment. Contact Mary Jo at dejoicem@dewv.edu to make an appointment!

Effective research posters operate on multiple levels ...

• broadly presents your research process
• conversation starter
• advertisement of your research
• audience can review from various vantage points

Ineffective research posters suffer from ...

• objective(s) and main point(s) difficult to find on the poster
• too much text or text is too small
• poor graphics
• poor organization