[Sfts-faculty] Klein Librarian update December 2023

[Sherryl Vint]

Dear Phoenix,

Congrats on a wonderful year! I'm excited to see what you found in film and
television collections. Thank you for all the work that you do, and have a
wonderful holiday.

cheers,
Sherryl
Sherryl Vint (she/her)
Professor and Chair, Department of English

*"We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our
**responsibility
to the original and current caretakers of this land, water, **and air: the
Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of **their ancestors
and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this **meeting place is
home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world, **including UCR
faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the **opportunity
to live and work on these homelands."*


On Wed, 20 Dec 2023 at 04:31, Phoenix Alexander <phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu>
wrote:

> Dear all,
>
> We made it!
>
> I hope finals/work/other commitments have wrapped up, or are in the
> process of wrapping up, nicely, and that a relaxing holiday beckons.
>
> It's been an eventful year, for sure, and I want to start this last Klein
> update of 2023 by reminding everyone (myself included!) to allow yourselves
> kindness and rest as we go into 2024.
>
> Speaking of which: look out for the *new SCUA exhibit, titled 'Eaton at
> the Movies!', opening January 29th!* It showcases items related to SF
> film and television from the Eaton Collection, and I found some *gems*​
> in our unprocessed collections in particular, which I can't wait for you to
> see.
>
> The Eaton Collection has continued to grow, with some super-exciting
> additions:
>
>
>    - *John Coker's 'Portraits of Wonder': an archive of **200 matted and
>    signed photographs of prominent science fiction* *authors* *from the
>    early 1980s-2000s*. These wonderfully complement the Klein photographs
>    and papers, and continue the chronological documentation of the SF world,
>    post-Klein. The Klein and Coker archives combined present a vast and
>    comprehensive visual history of 20th-century fandom.
>
>    -  Jane Webb Loudon,* The Mummy!*, 1828. A rare second edition of an
>    early, important work of SF by a female author.
>
>
>
>    - C. L. Moore, *Judgement Night, *1952. A beautiful first edition from
>    another major female author in SF.
>
>    - Stanislaw Lem, *Solaris,* 1971. The UK first edition of this classic
>    SF novel, featuring a gorgeous, illustrated dust jacket.
>
>
> In other news:
>
>
>    - Andrew Lippert has completed cataloging of the *Klein Papers*! Check
>    out the finding aid at this link
>    <https://oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8bv7nq5/entire_text/>; the
>    Klein photographs are also in the process of being digitized.
>
>    - Thanks to everyone who submitted their artwork and written pieces to
>    Sandy Enriquez's '*Ancestral Futures*' project! It was a pleasure
>    going through each submission, and Sandy will compile a zine featuring the
>    selected work in the new year, so do look out for that.
>
>
> That's all for now! Take good care of yourselves, have a great holiday
> break, and wishing you all the best for the new year.
>
> Warmth and light,
>
> Phoenix
>
> *Recommended book of the month:* * Skellig, *David Almond (1998)
>
> *Dr. Phoenix Alexander*
>
> *Jay Kay and Doris Klein Librarian for Science Fiction and Fantasy *
>
> UCR Library | University of California, Riverside
>
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>
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>
> Office: 951.827.2840 | phoenix.alexander at ucr.edu
>
> Department Website: https://scua.ucr.edu/
>
>
>
> *My pronouns are he/him/his*
>
> *We at UCR would like to respectfully acknowledge and recognize our
> responsibility to the original and current caretakers of this land, water,
> and air: the Cahuilla, Tongva, Luiseño, and Serrano peoples and all of
> their ancestors and descendants, past, present, and future. Today this
> meeting place is home to many Indigenous peoples from all over the world,
> including UCR faculty, students, and staff, and we are grateful to have the
> opportunity to live and work on these homelands.*
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