CFP: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture Area PCA/ACA & Southwest/Texas Popular Culture and American Culture Associations Joint Conference
April 20-23, 2011
San Antonio, TX
http://www.swtxpca.org/
Proposal submission deadline: December 15, 2010
Conference hotel: Marriott Rivercenter San Antonio
101 Bowie Street
San Antonio, Texas 78205 USA
Phone: 1-210-223-1000
The Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture area solicits paper proposals from librarians, archivists, curators, graduate students, 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 encourage proposals for slide shows, video presentations, and panels organized around common themes.
Some suggested topics:
Histories and profiles of museums, archives, libraries, and other popular
culture resources
Intellectual freedom or cultural sensitivity issues related to popular culture
resources
Book clubs and reading groups, city- or campus-wide reading programs
Collection building and popular culture resources
Organization and description of popular culture resources
New media formats and popular culture in libraries, archives, or museums
Wikipedia, YouTube, Google books, social networking, EBay, gaming, and
their impact on libraries and popular culture collections
The role of public libraries in natural disasters and post-disaster
community rebuilding
Other topics welcome!!!
Area Co-chairs: Janet Brennan Croft and Rhonda Harris Taylor
Area: Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture
E-mail: jbcroft@ou.edu
; rtaylor@ou.edu
