#fanlis

Next month, from 19-20 May, I'll be hosting FanLIS, an online symposium about the intersections between fandom, fan studies, and Library & Information Science. We'll be talking about a range of fan practices from fan-tagging to fan-binding, and discussing fandoms from Blaseball to Down to Agincourt!

We're welcoming people from all walks to attend - fans, acafans, librarians, students, information pros, and anyone who has an interest in the liminal spaces between these areas. The great thing is, we'll be hearing from people just like you! 😊

You can register for free here, and see our programme here.

Hope to see you there, and please feel free to share this so other interested peeps can join us if they want! 💖

Hi everyone! Every year I co-host a virtual symposium called #FanLIS - 'Fan' as in fans and fandom, 'LIS' as in Library & Information Science. Basically, #FanLIS is about the intersection between fandom, fans and libraries, galleries, museums and archives.

The theme for next year's symposium is “Halliday Journals and holodecks: audiences and information in sci-fi fandoms”. Here's the link to the call for presentations: https://blogs.city.ac.uk/fanlis/fanlis-symposia/fanlis-2023/call-for-presentations/

The TL;DR version of the CFP is - if you have something you want to talk about on sci-fi fandoms and fanworks that is somehow linked to libraries, information, data, archives, cultural heritage institutions, whatever, please feel free to submit a proposal. We'll consider it even if you don't have an academic background. Academics need to hear more from fans anyway.

We're geared to students, fans and first-time presenters, and we try to make the event as informal as possible so people aren't intimidated. Hell, running this thing is intimidating, but somehow I make it work despite tech fails and all that jazz.

If you're a fan, you're welcome to submit a proposal. Details are in the link above. If you have an idea, but aren't sure whether it fits - DM me and we can discuss it. My asks are open too. We want this to be as open as possible. And we're also open to interesting formats, not just slideshows. Workshops, vids, comics, whatever, we'll consider it. 😊

It went really great, thanks! 😁

We recorded everything, so watch the FanLIS website for when they're uploaded, if you want to catch up!

Hey guys!

On Thursday 20th May, 1pm BST, I’ll be co-hosting an afternoon online symposium called "Building Bridges: exploring interdisciplinary intersections between fandom, fan studies, and library and information science." The event is free on Zoom, and will look at some of the ways in which fandom intersects and overlaps with library and information science.

Everyone is welcome - fans, acafans, librarians, scholars, researchers, and anyone else who might be interested. And you can join whenever you want throughout the event. 😊

If you’re interested in attending, you can register here; and you can find out more about the event on the FanLIS website.

Hope to see you there!

Dear friends,

I’m organising a one-day symposium where speakers will be interrogating some fascinating questions about the intersection between fandom, fan studies, and library & information science. The full title of the event is Building Bridges: exploring interdisciplinary intersections between fandom, fan studies and library and information science. It’ll take place on Thursday 9 April at City, University of London.

We’re trying to make the event as open as possible to fans and not just academics and students, so please feel free to join us if you want!

If you’re interested in coming along, you can sign up here, and if you want some information, our website is here. 

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Thank you so much!!! I was super nervous, so I'm really happy that people seemed to enjoy it!!! 😊