<div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Call for papers: </span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">LIBRARIES,
ARCHIVES, AND MUSEUMS AREA</span></b><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"> <b></b></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;color:black">The
Popular Culture Association annual conference will be held March 27 – 30, 2024,
in Chicago, Illinois.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">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:</span></p>

<ul type="disc" style="margin-bottom:0in">
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Descriptions of research collections or exhibits</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Studies of popular images of libraries, librarians, 
     archives, or museums</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Analyses of social networking or web resources</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Popular Culture in library
     education/information literacy</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">The future of libraries and librarians</span></li>
 <li class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Developments in technical services for collecting/
     preserving Popular Culture materials. </span></li>
</ul>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Papers from undergraduate and graduate
students are welcome.</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="https://pcaaca.org/page/submissionguidelines" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">Submit a proposal</a></span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Please direct any questions to <span style="color:black">the chair</span> for Libraries,
Archives, Museums, and Popular Culture:</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:normal;margin:0in 0in 8pt;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Casey Hoeve</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Associate University Librarian: Content, Access, and Open
Licensing</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">McMaster University</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">305A Mills Library</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">1280 W Main Street West</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Hamilton, Ontario L8S 4L6</span></p>

<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin:0in;line-height:normal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Calibri,sans-serif"><span style="font-size:12pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="mailto:hoevec@mcmaster.ca" style="color:rgb(5,99,193)">hoevec@mcmaster.ca</a></span></p><div><br></div><span class="gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr">Casey D. Hoeve<div><br></div><div><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"<i>it's almost impossible to read a fine thing without wanting to do a fine thing</i>."</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">-John Steinbeck, The Pastures of Heaven</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> </p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px">"<i>There is no other occupation upon earth that is so appropriate to every time and every age and every place. Reading stimulates the young and diverts the old, increases one's satisfaction when things are going well, and when they are going badly provides refuge and solace. It is a delight in the home; it can be fitted in with public life; throughout the night, on journeys, in the country, it is the companion that never lets me down.</i>"</p><p style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Calibri,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;font-size:16px;margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"> -Cicero</p></div></div></div></div>