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.

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.

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

13-Aug-20

Submission Page Goes Live

28-Feb-28

Deadline for Proposals

15-Mar-21

Preliminary Schedule Available

31-Mar-21

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

01-Apr-21

Non-presenter Registration Continues Through the Conference

June 2-5, 2021

Virtual Conference

All presenters must be current, paid members of the PCA and registered for the conference. Non-presenters who attend the full conference must also pay membership fees.

Refund requests must be submitted in writing. Full or partial refunds will be processed according to the following schedule:
Requested by Feb 1: 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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