CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture Area Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Assn. & Southwest/Texas American Culture Assn. Conference, Albuquerque, NM, February 8-11, 2006
The Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture area solicits paper proposals from librarians, graduate students, library school faculty, collectors, writers, and other aficionados (yes! including people who use libraries, archives, and museums!) of popular culture and information settings of all types! We also encourage proposals for slide shows, video presentations, workshop formats, and panels organized around common themes. Among previous presentations were an overview of collection development for feminist spirituality, a
consideration of Gone with the Wind as an information product, and discussions about petroglyphs and scrapbooks.
Some suggested topics: electronic information-seeking habits intellectual freedom issues related to popular culture resources book clubs and reading groups; reports of research studies of popular culture & libraries, archives, or museums; marketing popular culture materials to library, archives, or museum users collection; building and popular culture resources organization and description of popular culture resources; new media formats and popular culture in libraries, archives, or museums knowledge management issues profiles of popular culture resources and other topics welcome!!!
Send a 200-word abstract to the Area Co-Chairs by November 15, 2005.
Include your complete mailing address, school or other affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number.
Janet Brennan Croft
Head of Access Services
Bizzell Library NW104
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-6030
PHONE (405) 325-1918
FAX (405) 325-7618
e-mail: jbcroft@ou.edu
Rhonda Harris Taylor
School of Library and Information Studies
401 West Brooks, Room 120
University of Oklahoma
Norman, OK 73019-6032
PHONE (405) 325-3921
FAX (405) 325-7648
e-mail: rtaylor@ou.edu
