Heather Hill & Jen Pecoskie
Heather Hill is the Editor-in-Chief of the Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science, recently appointed by the Canadian Association of Information Science. She is an Associate Professor at the University of Western Ontario. Her scholarship has centred on the areas of accessibility, public libraries, and fringe publishing (self-publishing and fan-fiction). Hill established an online submission system for interested authors who are encouraged to submit their works.
Jen Pecoskie is an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests focus on pleasure reading and themes related to communication and change within print culture, with special focus on social themes. Recent topics of investigation include social and solitary pleasure reading for lesbian and queer female readers; communication and informational ties between readers and authors; and the changing nature of publishing in contemporary times.
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Information Activities as Serious Leisure Within the Fanfiction Community
Jen Pecoskie is an assistant professor in the School of Library and Information Science at Wayne State University in Detroit, Michigan. She holds a Ph.D. in Library and Information Science from The University of Western Ontario, in London, Ontario, Canada. Her research interests focus on pleasure reading and themes related to communication and change within print culture, with special focus on social themes. Recent topics of investigation include social and solitary pleasure reading for lesbian and queer female readers; communication and informational ties between readers and authors; and the changing nature of publishing in contemporary times.
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Information Activities as Serious Leisure Within the Fanfiction Community
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