Just heard some exciting news from the English Department:

The Center for the Study of Science Fiction at the University of Kansas is going to finally have an office!

It won't be a huge space, but it's about three times the size of my current office. Jim and I will have adjoining offices in the space that's currently the FSE offices (for those of you who know the English Department's space at KU). Jim will move to Mike Johnson's current office, and I will sit where Robin currently sits rather than my current office. We will probably keep a second desk in the space either for our AboutSF student employee to work or for visiting researchers to read and work.

The rest of the space will be dedicated to the Center so we can finally begin accepting donations again, despite the Spencer Library's policy of not accepting new book donations or donations of manuscripts and so forth. We'll also be able to formally display some of the neat things we've collected over the years, plus the Sturgeon and Campbell Awards. We'll set up a CSSF Research Library among other things. If you have something taking up space in your house that you would like to display for visitors, we'll now have a space for it.

Hooray for having to move offices! This is the next-best thing to having a brick-and-mortar Center for the Study of SF.

I'll make a formal announcement on the Center's site when we've moved, and we'll host a reception or something there.

Best,
Chris
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From: [identity profile] curieuse.livejournal.com


SWEET YOU GET TO BE ROBIN. :)

(Maybe you should start calling Jim Batman?)

From: [identity profile] robinbailey.livejournal.com


Actually, I get to be Robin. Chris only pretends to be me. ;)

Seriously, congratulations on the office space, Chris. Nice to see the University giving more recognition the the Center.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


Indeed! Jim was not only very happy to hear it, too, but looked a little stunned, as this is something we've been lobbying for for many years.

From: [identity profile] renegade500.livejournal.com


Congratulations! I imagine that your school is like most others, where real estate given shows value received, so having lots of new space shows the school places value on what y'all do.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


That's a lovely notion - I would like to think that's the case. Thanks!

From: [identity profile] chernobylred.livejournal.com


Too bad you can't get Sonya's office (with Jim in Mike's office) and have that whole center area for books and a couch for people to sit and read.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


Yeah, but that would be asking a lot, what with our Department overall losing one office. I love the idea of a reading area... hm, perhaps we shouldn't reserve a desk just for the AboutSF employee, as he currently has an office assigned after the move, and instead use the space for visitors.

And lots of bookcases!

From: [identity profile] chernobylred.livejournal.com


That's what I would do, certainly. You're going to need the storage space 100% of the time. A student employee will use the space...somewhat less often than that.

From: (Anonymous)

Heya Chris!


That's great to hear about CSSF! You should get a golden shovel with the Center's logo on it, and parade it around in front of the higher-ups at the university... just to make them think about a ground breaking ceremony.
Ok. Just a thought.

I'm in Finland!

You can look at some Finnish stuff here: http://www.flickr.com/photos/geniustoddler/

Or read this if you're bored: http://nathanclaybarbarick.blogspot.com/

Soon, there should be more interesting things...

How's Gunn?? Drop me a line sometime! And take care!

Nate!

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com

Re: Heya Chris!


Heya, Nate! Geez, great to hear from you. You should get yourself an LJ account and use an RSS feed from your Blogspot to post here and there simultaneously, plus then you could reply to accounts that don't allow anonymous.

Wow, it looks like you're having a proper debauch over there!

From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_starlady_/


Happy to hear about the new office. A display of awards would be cool--a tourist stop, for sure.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


Yes indeed - and we'll work to make it a useful place for visitors and researchers to read and do other SFnal things.

From: [identity profile] blzblack.livejournal.com


Hey, that's awesome! I'm really happy for you guys! Maybe the new grand master title helped. :)


From: [identity profile] bellanorth.livejournal.com


Congrats! Space is incredibly rare, so this is an accomplishment indeed.

From: [identity profile] mckitterick.livejournal.com


Yes, it makes me very happy especially in light of that!
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