Frequently Asked Questions - Fan Culture Preservation Project
Contact the Open Doors committee for assistance with donating to this project.
We can help! The Fan Culture Preservation Project can arrange not only for postage but for UPS pick up of donations. Don't let cost or bulk stop you from donating.
OTW and Iowa will be exploring ways to digitize some of these materials, so that fans who want to see them will have access, even if they can't get to Iowa. We hope to reach many of the authors of these stories to get their permission to share their work more widely online.
Respecting fans' rights and privacy is the first priority for both the University of Iowa and the OTW. Typical public listings will only include the zine title and fandom (i.e. Blake's Seven: The Other Side 1, 3 [1986-1987]), the same way a magazine is listed in a library catalog. However, we do hope to get permission from individual authors and editors to share their content more widely online.
The items in the collection will remain resident at the University of Iowa. However, Special Collections is willing to photocopy and send up to 100 photocopies to scholars or other interested parties at a price of about 25 cents a page, according to their standard procedure.
Yes. We can help you with appropriate wording for a bequest.
No: both the FCPP and the University of Iowa are interested in collecting materials from fans around the world, including materials that are not in English or do not come from English-speaking countries. However, as with U.S. donations, our ability to help with shipping will be dependent on available resources.