CFP: Libraries, Archives, and Museums and Popular Culture (11/1/07; SWTPCA 2/13/08-2/16/08)

Of potential interest:

Not Just for Librarians!

Call for Papers

Libraries, Archives, Museums and Popular Culture Area
of
Southwest/Texas Popular Culture Assn.
&
Southwest/Texas American Culture Assn.

2008 Annual Conference
Hyatt Regency Albuquerque   Albuquerque, New Mexico
February 13-16, 2008

For more details, visit the Association’s web site at
http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/

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, workshop formats, and panels organized around common themes.  Among recent presentations were a slide show on petroglyphs, a history of a museum of bad art, and a comparison of Holocaust memorials.

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
     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
     Wikipedia, YouTube, social networking, EBay, and their impact on popular culture collections
     The Harry Potter phenomenon in library and museum programming
Other topics welcome!!!

Send a 200-word abstract to the Area Co-Chairs by November 16, 2007.  Include your complete mailing address, school or other affiliation, e-mail address, telephone number, and fax number. Graduate students are encouraged to present, and to apply for the graduate paper prizes listed at http://www.h-net.org/~swpca/Awards/awards.htm.


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_at_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_at_ou.edu

Please pass this CFP on to anyone else who might be interested!

Janet Brennan Croft
Associate Professor
Head of Access Services
University of Oklahoma Libraries
Bizzell 104NW
Norman OK 73019
405-325-1918
Fax 405-325-7618
jbcroft_at_ou.edu
http://faculty-staff.ou.edu/C/Janet.B.Croft-1/
http://libraries.ou.edu/
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