[SFCC] Welcoming Columbia University Libraries to the SFCC

[Karen Green]

Thank you so much, Melissa!  And thanks indeed to Fred Lerner, who is
sending me down this path.

SF is not my area of expertise (Fred's gift was sparked by my development
of Columbia's graphic novels collection), so I will be very much looking
forward to assistance from the SFCC members as we flesh out our holdings.

All the best,

Karen

-- 
  Karen Green
  Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian
  Graphic Novels Librarian
  Columbia University
  535 W 114th St, 309 Butler
  New York NY 10027
  http://www.comixology.com/columns/comic_adventures_in_academia/

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Melissa Conway <melissa.conway at ucr.edu>wrote:

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> Please welcome the newest institutional member of the Science Fiction
> Collections Consortium--the Columbia University Libraries. The very able
> Karen Green (another medievalist straddling the SF world!) will be at the
> helm.  klg19 at columbia.edu Dr. Fred Lerner, the donor of this collection,
> has also joined the SFCC listserv.   The news release detailing Dr.
> Lerner's donation is below my signature.****
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>  The Libraries Receive Science Fiction And Fantasy Collection From
> Alumnus Dr. Fred Lerner****
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> NEW YORK, July 9, 2012 – ****
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> Columbia University Libraries is pleased to announce the gift of science
> fiction and fantasy publications from Dr. Fred Lerner.  Lerner is a
> Columbia College alumnus and doctoral graduate of Columbia's former School
> of Library Service. He founded the University Science Fantasy Society in
> the late 1960s and wrote his 1981 dissertation on "Modern science fiction
> and its reception by the American literary and educational communities,
> 1926-1970<http://clio.cul.columbia.edu:7018/vwebv/holdingsInfo?bibId=252942>."
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> This collection, the first of its kind to come to Columbia, includes
> substantial runs of the following titles: *Amazing Stories*, *Asimov’s*, *Astounding
> Science Fiction*, *Fantastic*, *Galaxy Science Fiction*, *If: Worlds of
> Science Fiction*, *Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction*, *Magazine of
> Horror*, as well as various issues of several other titles.****
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> "As both the former president of the Columbia University Science Fiction
> Society (CUSFS) and an American Studies major, it's difficult to describe
> in words how exciting and important this addition to the Columbia Libraries
> is. CUSFS's independent library has been focusing on adding more current
> science fiction to our collection, but it's equally important to learn and
> read about the stories that came before and in many ways created the
> foundation for the genres we know today. This gift will allow future
> generations to continue to explore the rich history of science fiction and
> fantasy, and it's incredible to know that such a large part of that history
> will be made available to the Columbia community," Suzanne Walker, BC '12,
> said.****
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> Columbia University's location in New York City, a hub of the science
> fiction publishing world, and legacy in graduating some of science
> fiction's preeminent writers, from Isaac Asimov to Roger Zelazny, makes it
> a natural fit as a place for the academic study of and home for sci-fi and
> fantasy collections.****
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> "Dreams of the future provide one of the most illuminating methods of
> investigating our cultural past. Among the pages of the magazines that
> comprise Dr. Lerner's gifts, scholars can find allegories of the struggle
> for civil rights, searching critiques of sexism, polemics for and against
> internationalism, environmentalist jeremiads - all wrapped in tales of
> alien encounters and future dystopias. These magazines are an invaluable
> resource for unpacking the dreams of the American century," Jeremy Dauber,
> Atran Associate Professor of Yiddish Language, Literature and Culture at
> Columbia University, said.****
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> 10/4/12 CUL****
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> Melissa Conway, Ph.D.****
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> Head, Special Collections & Archives****
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> melissa.conway at ucr.edu****
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