[SFCC] Numbers of fanzines in each SFCC member institution?

[Thomas Beck]

Dear Melissa,

    Great idea.  The Azriel Rosenfeld Science Fiction Research Collection
holds about 80,000 fanzines.  Some additional recent ones arrived
yesterday.  My guess is that this is a good time to have such a project,
since the SF fanzine community is aging and younger SF-ers are more engaged
by bolgs and other electronic communications than fanzines.  I look forward
to hearing more on the subject of a grant.

Best,
Tom

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On Thu, Jun 28, 2012 at 10:05 PM, Melissa Conway <melissa.conway at ucr.edu>wrote:

>  Dear SFCC-ers,****
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> As those of you who were able to join our windswept SFCC meeting at RBMS,
> I would like to apply for grant funding (*e.g.,* an NEH Preservation and
> Access Grant) for a collaborative cataloging project of the fanzine
> collections in SFCC institutions. While this initiative would mainly
> involve the institutions with substantial fanzine holdings, the project
> would benefit every SFCC institution, including those with only a small
> number of fanzines. ****
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> I am at the very earliest stages of planning, but will keep you all
> apprised on developments.. The only thing I would need from each of you at
> this early stage is an approximate --truly a *ballpark*--count of the
> number of fanzines in your institution. For example, the Eaton Collection
> has *about* 110,000 separate issues. "Guesstimates" are fine; I am not
> asking anyone to start counting his/her holdings! ****
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> If you have any questions about this project or need clarification on any
> of this, please do not hesitate to write or to call me directly
> (951-827-3233).****
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> Best,****
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> Melissa ****
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> Melissa Conway, Ph.D.****
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