[SFCC] Welcoming Columbia University Libraries to the SFCC

[Karen Green]

Speaking as someone who specialized in hagiography, I'd say that's probably
true!

K

On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Catherine Coker <ccoker at library.tamu.edu>wrote:

>  I feel this means that makes medievalism the gateway literature to SF/F…
> ;)****
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> Behalf Of *Karen Green
> *Sent:* Thursday, October 04, 2012 12:52 PM
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> *Subject:* Re: [SFCC] Welcoming Columbia University Libraries to the SFCC*
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> Thank you so much, Melissa!  And thanks indeed to Fred Lerner, who is
> sending me down this path.
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> 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.
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> All the best,
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> Karen
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>   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/****
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>  On Thu, Oct 4, 2012 at 1:45 PM, Melissa Conway <melissa.conway at ucr.edu>
> wrote:****
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> All,****
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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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> Best,****
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> Melissa ****
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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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> [image: Description: ASF-Clement-1951]****
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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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> -END-
> 10/4/12 CUL****
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> Melissa Conway, Ph.D.****
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-- 
  Karen Green
  Ancient & Medieval History and Religion Librarian
  Graphic Novels Librarian
  Columbia University
  535 W 114th St, 309 Butler
  New York NY 10027
  <klg19 at columbia.edu>
http://www.comixology.com/columns/comic_adventures_in_academia/
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