{"id":6573,"date":"2025-03-18T18:25:22","date_gmt":"2025-03-19T01:25:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2025-03-24T16:23:59","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T23:23:59","slug":"recap-of-alasc-slasc-event-the-merril-collection-of-science-fiction-speculation-and-fantasy-with-special-guest-lucan-emirzian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ischoolgroups.sjsu.edu\/alasc\/wp-students\/recap-of-alasc-slasc-event-the-merril-collection-of-science-fiction-speculation-and-fantasy-with-special-guest-lucan-emirzian\/","title":{"rendered":"Recap of ALASC\/SLASC event, \u201cThe Merril Collection of Science Fiction, Speculation and Fantasy\u201d with special guest Lucan Emirzian"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">ALASC and SLASC were excited to host a joint event featuring the Toronto Public Library on 3\/13\/25 at 4pm. You can learn more about the Merril collection <a href=\"https:\/\/www.torontopubliclibrary.ca\/merril\/\">here<\/a>:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Lucas shared some information on the Merril Collection with us such as:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It contains over 80,000 items of fiction, non-fiction, graphic books, art, and more!<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The collection hold genres like romantasy, horror, cyber punk, and magical realism.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Merril Collection is titled after its donor, Judith Merril, who was a science fiction author.<\/span><\/li>\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Anyone can visit the Merril Collection\u2019s reading room, even if you don&#8217;t have a library card!<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Some of the objects held within the Merril collection are first editions of books like <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dracula<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> written by Bram Stoker and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">War of the Worlds <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">by H. G. Wells.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Check out their virtual exhibition titled, \u201cRetro Futures\u201d <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com\/trl\/2019\/05\/retro-futures-exhibit-digest.html\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/torontopubliclibrary.typepad.com\/trl\/2019\/05\/retro-futures-exhibit-digest.html<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After the tour, Lucas was gracious enough to answer questions from the audience. Thanks again to Lucas for allowing SJSU students to get an inside look at a special collection from within the Toronto Public Library!<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This event gave an insight to Canadian archival practices, which may be different from U.S. archival practices!<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We hope you enjoyed the event\/recap, and we look forward to seeing you at our future events!<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ALASC and SLASC were excited to host a joint event featuring the Toronto Public Library on 3\/13\/25 at 4pm. 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