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Alyssa Williams posted an update in the group
Choosing Your Community Discussion 2 months ago Hi again, everyone! After looking into all of the different “fandoms” out there, it is hard to narrow it down to one because they are all interesting. Would exploring the intersection between fandom/fan culture and libraries/information science be too broad of a topic? Any advice would be appreciated!
@awilliams1998 One thing you could do is focus very broadly on fan communities as information communities. In the discussion section of your paper you could explore the library response to fan groups such as libraries that host “cons” and cosplay programs, or other service focused on fans. On the other side of that work, you would have a really good grasp of how libraries can encourage fandom and promote access to resources related to specific fandoms.