Building Bridges: Papers from the FanLIS 2021 Symposium

Abstract

This editorial gives background and context on FanLIS, a symposium series and research project run by CityLIS, Department of Library and Information Science at City, University of London, which seeks to explore the liminal spaces between fandom, fan studies, and Library and Information Science (LIS). It also introduces papers from the inaugural FanLIS symposium, which took place online on May 20, 2021.

Keywords

• fandom
• interdisciplinary
• library and information science