Saturday, October 18, 2008

CFP: Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Meeting 2009)

CFP: Libraries, Archives, and Museums (Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association Meeting 2009)

Libraries, Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture Area
http://www.pcaaca.org/areas/libraries.php

The Popular Culture Association and American Culture Association annual conference will be held April 8-11, 2009, at the New Orleans Marriott in New Orleans, Louisiana. Scholars from numerous disciplines will meet to share their Popular Culture research and interests.

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. In the past this has included descriptions of research collections or exhibits, studies of popular images of libraries or librarians, analyses of web resources such as Wikipedia and YouTube, and reports on developments in technical services for collecting popular culture materials.

Papers from graduate students are welcome.

Prospective presenters should send a one-page abstract with full contact information (electronic preferred) by November 30 2008, to:

Allen Ellis
Professor of Library Services
W. Frank Steely Library
Northern Kentucky University
Highland Heights, KY 41099-6101
USA
859-572-5527
FAX: 859-572-5390
E-Mail: ellisa@nku.edu


For more information, see the conference website at http://www.pcaaca.org