CALL FOR PAPERS The Midwest Popular Culture Association will hold its annual meeting on October 17-19, 2003 at the Marriott Minneapolis City Center, Minneapolis, MN. The Libraries, Museums, and Collecting Area is seeking papers dealing with any aspect of popular culture as it pertains to libraries, archives, museums, collection policies, and research. This is a new area for MPCA, so the field is wide open. Conference Participation Please send a 100-word abstract by e-mail if possible to the area chair by June 1, 2003. Include the following information with your abstract: - Complete mailing address. - School/professional affiliation - E-mail address - Telephone number - Fax number - Audio-visual request: if you desire a VCR and/or slide projector, please designate so when you submit your proposal. We cannot supply audio equipment or computers for PowerPoint presentations. For further information on the conference, please consult the MPCA website <http://www.niu.edu/mpca/>. Tom Caw, Area Chair Libraries, Museums, and Collecting MPCA University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 4317 N. Prospect Ave. Shorewood, WI 53211 414.229.5529 <[log in to unmask]> ========================================================= Important Subscriber Information: The Museum-L FAQ file is located at http://www.finalchapter.com/museum-l-faq/ . You may obtain detailed information about the listserv commands by sending a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "help" (without the quotes). If you decide to leave Museum-L, please send a one line e-mail message to [log in to unmask] . The body of the message should read "Signoff Museum-L" (without the quotes).