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

10-Apr-21

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

11-Apr-21

Non-presenter Registration Continues Through the Conference

15-Apr-21

Preliminary Schedule Available

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.

The last day for all refunds is February 15, 2021. No refund requests will be honored after this date. Membership fees are non-refundable and non-transferable.

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