{"title":"Katy Rawdon","description":"Katy Rawdon is the Coordinator of Technical Services for the Special Collections Research Center at Temple University, a public research university in Philadelphia. She worked previously as the Director of Archives, Libraries, and Special Collections at the Barnes Foundation (2001-2012), an art collection and educational institution which houses one of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern art. She co-authored the chapter \"What's in a Name? Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia and the Impact of Names and Name Authorities in Archival Description\" in Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control, (Library Juice Press, 2019), the Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia Anti-Racist Description Resources (2019), and contributed to the Best Practices for Queer Metadata (2024) as part of the Queer Metadata Collective. A published author of romance novels (as Katy James) and poetry, and an enthusiastic fanfic writer, she has long been interested in intersections between popular culture and her work in special collections. She received her BA in Art History and Women's Studies from Smith College and her MLS from Simmons College.","products":[{"product_id":"the-infinite-loop-paperback","title":"The Infinite Loop - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe fascination with time travel and its consistent popularity within the science fiction genre is deeply rooted in science fiction writers' and readers' passion for history and, by extension, for libraries and other kinds of archives. However, time travel, archives, and history intersect in the public imagination in ways that don't always match up with the reality of archival work. This book engages archivists and devotees of science fiction alike by exploring common tropes within the genre-and common assumptions in the archival profession-and providing context. Presenting a book that can serve as a teaching text, readers' advisory guide, and thought-provoking page turner, the authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexplore dozens of novels, short stories, movies, and TV series (particularly Doctor Who), spotlighting different science fictional approaches to writing about time travel while pointing out how archives and archivists are represented in different time travel stories;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eexamine how various cultures and societies view and understand time differently, using works such as Octavia Butler's Kindred, Toshikazo Kawaguchi's Before the Coffee Gets Cold, and Rivers Solomon's An Unkindness of Ghosts to show how differences in temporal perception affect the presentation of time travel in their works;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003elook at stereotypes, outdated views, and biases depicted within time travel depictions of archives, comparing these portrayals with real-world archives and historical records;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ediscuss ways in which understanding time travel fiction can help archivists improve their relationships with the public and encourage more accurate fictional depictions of their work; and\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003econnect the concepts in their book to cultural heritage practices that encourage critical thinking about archivists' roles in documenting our times.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51376632955103,"sku":"9798892552776","price":98.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/nbCEekvxS19798892552776.webp?v=1789218213"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/katy-rawdon.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}