"This book explores how pop culture is used in academic libraries for collections, instruction, and programming. It also describes the foundational basis for implementing pop culture and discusses how it promotes conversations between librarians and the students, making not only the information relatable, but the library staff, as well"-- Provided by publisher.

Part One:Foundations -- Uses of popular culture in the academic library : a literature review / Presley Dyer -- Classic to modern conceptions of popular culture and the American academic library / Erin Sweeney Smith -- Making bookmaking communities : popular publishing cultures and makerspaces / Sean Pessin and Robert D. Montoya -- Stream this! using pop culture to build confidence and connect community college students to academic research / Monika Chavez and Esteban Aguilar -- Part Two: Collections -- Popular culture in special collections : a case study in collection development and instruction / Miriam Intrator -- Mapping the imagination in an academic library / Jeremy Brett and Sierra Laddusaw -- Wakanda as a window to the study of Africa / Gene Kannenberg, Jr -- From Boo Radley to My cousin Vinny : popular film collections in academic law libraries and legal education / Rebecca Ciota, Jill Sturgeon, and Baylee Suskin -- Part Three: Instruction -- Lessons from Hogwarts and beyond : Harry Potter and the endemic of media bias / Jean Boggs and Jamie Witman -- Not throwing away our shot : engaging students in resource evaluation using Hamilton: an American musical / Jessica Mattera, Susan Adkins, and Bethany Dietrich -- Information literacy and library instruction through the lens of influencers and reality television / Naomi Binnie, Jesus Espinoza, and Gina Levitan -- The pedagogy of zines : collaboration, creation, and collection / Claire Du Laney, Clare Maakestad, and Monica Maher -- Teaching copyright through pop culture for public scholarship-based instruction / Franny Gaede and Kate Thornhill -- Part Four: Programming -- Paranormal walking tours on the university campus / Courtney Block -- Gathering in the libraries : a collective experience / John Meier, Christopher Burke, and Stephanie A. Diaz -- Using multicultural Barbie dolls to teach colonialism, racism and income inequality / Jennifer Tang -- Science meets popular culture speaker series : a Texas Tech University Libraries outreach initiative / Erin Burns, Amanda Laubmeier, Robert G. Weiner, and Innocent Awasom -- Building a research data management program through popular culture : a case study at Carnegie Mellon University Libraries / Hannah C. Gunderman.