Focuses on the 29th annual conference of the Popular Culture Association held in late March 1999 in San Diego, California. The issue of scholars specializing in popular culture being stereotyped; How they are not taken seriously in the academic world; The areas of study represented at the conference such as advertising and popular culture research collections; Papers examining the image of the librarian.
The article presents information about topics discussed at Executive Board meetings of the American Library Association (ALA) in San Diego, California in winter 2011. A report from the ALA Young Professionals Task Force, which addresses the needs and recommendations of younger members of the ALA, is discussed. Other topics include the actions of ALA in member engagement, the White Paper on the Future of the Midwinter Meeting, and corporate sponsorships of the ALA.
Mentions collections of book-related items in the United States. Memorabilia from Frank Lloyd Wright, Ernest Hemingway, and Edgar Rice Burroughs in storage in the library's meeting room in Oak Park, Illinois; Acquisition of papers of philosopher Eric Hoffer by Stanford University's Hoover Institution in California.
Relates that burning papers stuffed into a book drop were blamed by firefighters for a fire at the E.P. Foster branch library in Ventura, California in September 1996. Losses assessed at $2,000; Decision by Library Manager Donna Roff to keep the drop box closed when the library is closed.
Reports that a dispute between the University of California/Berkeley library and the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) may threaten research libraries' abilities to build archives of scholars' papers. Focus and details of the dispute; Arguments of Berkeley library officials and NARA; Comments of Joseph A. Rosenthal, Berkeley university librarian.