Libraries, Archives & Museums

Accepts undergraduate submissions

Call for papers:

LIBRARIES, ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS AREA

The Popular Culture Association annual conference will be held June 2-5, 2021 at the Marriott in Boston, Massachusetts.

The Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture area is soliciting papers dealing with any aspect of Popular Culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, or research. Possible topics include:

Descriptions of research collections or exhibits
Studies of popular images of libraries, librarians, archives, or museums
Analyses of social networking or web resources
Popular Culture in library education/information literacy
The future of libraries and librarians
Developments in technical services for collecting/ preserving Popular Culture materials

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

The deadline for submitting a proposal is November 16, 2020.

Please direct any questions to either co-chair for Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture:

Allen Ellis

Professor of Library Services

W. Frank Steely Library

Northern Kentucky University

Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101

859-572-5527

ellisa@nku.edu

Casey Hoeve

Associate Professor, Head of Content & Collections

Love Library

University of Nebraska - Lincoln

Lincoln, NE 68588-4100

402-472-2526

achoeve@unl.edu

2021 Conference Dates and Deadlines

12-Aug-20

Submission Page Goes Live

12-Oct-20

Early Bird Registration Begins

16-Nov-20

Deadline for Proposals and Endowment Grant Applications

31-Dec-20

Early Bird Registration Ends

01-Jan-21

Regular Registration Begins

31-Jan-21

Regular Registration Ends

01-Feb-21

Late Registration Begins

01-Feb-21

Preliminary Schedule Available

28-Feb-21

Presenter Late Registration Ends at 11:59 pm: Non-registrants Dropped from Program

01-Mar-21

Non-presenter Registration Continues Through the Conference

June 2-5, 2021

National Conference in Boston

All presenters must be current, paid members of the PCA and fully registered for the conference.

Refund requests must be submitted in writing. Full or partial refunds will be processed according to the following schedule:
Requested by Jan. 31: 100% refund
Requested by Feb 7: 75% refund
Requested by Feb 14: 50% refund
Requested by Feb. 21: 25% refund
After Feb. 28: 0% refund

Membership fees are non-refundable.

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