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elwinfortuna) wrote2017-04-06 12:41 pm
elwinfortuna) wrote2017-04-06 12:41 pm
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Least Expected is coming to AO3!
Least Expected was the first Tolkien fanfiction archive that welcomed slash fanfic. It was associated with the tolkien_slash email list and was active from September 1999 through February 2002, with a total of just under 900 stories. Many of the stories in its archive don't exist anywhere else.
In order to preserve the fannish history of Tolkien fandom as best as possible, the Least Expected archive will be recovered from storage and preserved with the assistance of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW). The archive’s content will move to a collection on the multi-fandom archive they maintain, the Archive of Our Own (AO3). (Specifically, I will be working with the Open Doors committee.)
Here is where I would like to ask for your help!
1. If you already have an AO3 account and have posted your Least Expected works there, please let me know your Least Expected pseud(s) and e-mail address(es) as well, so that we won’t import your stories. (We can also e-mail you instructions for mass-adding stories to the new collection on the AO3.)
2. If you don’t already have an AO3 account but would like one to import your stories yourself, please let me know your Least Expected pseud(s), and the preferred e-mail address to send the AO3 invite to. (We can e-mail further instructions for importing stories and adding them to the new collection on the AO3.)
3. If you would NOT like your works moved, please send me your Least Expected pseud(s) and e-mail address(es) so that we will not add them. (If you would not mind them being preserved but do not want your name attached to them any longer, please me know that too—we can orphan your works instead of leaving them behind to be deleted.)
4. If you can spread the word about Least Expected and link back to this post or to the announcement on AO3, please do! Especially if you know anyone who may have stories in the archive -- I've sent out emails according to the addresses I have but expect that most of them will go to addresses long disused, as it has been fifteen years.
5. If you have some spare time available in early May and would like to assist with importing and cleanup, I would be so grateful for your help.
We’ll be collecting responses over the next few weeks before we start importing works in May. All works imported on a creator’s behalf will be attributed with their name in the summary of the work. As we import works, we will e-mail notifications to the address associated with the work. (If you know of any authors that no longer have access to their Least Expected e-mail address, please tell them to contact me directly.)
You can email me at leastexpected.archivist@gmail.com or leave a comment to this post on either LiveJournal or Dreamwidth.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks!
In order to preserve the fannish history of Tolkien fandom as best as possible, the Least Expected archive will be recovered from storage and preserved with the assistance of the Organization for Transformative Works (OTW). The archive’s content will move to a collection on the multi-fandom archive they maintain, the Archive of Our Own (AO3). (Specifically, I will be working with the Open Doors committee.)
Here is where I would like to ask for your help!
1. If you already have an AO3 account and have posted your Least Expected works there, please let me know your Least Expected pseud(s) and e-mail address(es) as well, so that we won’t import your stories. (We can also e-mail you instructions for mass-adding stories to the new collection on the AO3.)
2. If you don’t already have an AO3 account but would like one to import your stories yourself, please let me know your Least Expected pseud(s), and the preferred e-mail address to send the AO3 invite to. (We can e-mail further instructions for importing stories and adding them to the new collection on the AO3.)
3. If you would NOT like your works moved, please send me your Least Expected pseud(s) and e-mail address(es) so that we will not add them. (If you would not mind them being preserved but do not want your name attached to them any longer, please me know that too—we can orphan your works instead of leaving them behind to be deleted.)
4. If you can spread the word about Least Expected and link back to this post or to the announcement on AO3, please do! Especially if you know anyone who may have stories in the archive -- I've sent out emails according to the addresses I have but expect that most of them will go to addresses long disused, as it has been fifteen years.
5. If you have some spare time available in early May and would like to assist with importing and cleanup, I would be so grateful for your help.
We’ll be collecting responses over the next few weeks before we start importing works in May. All works imported on a creator’s behalf will be attributed with their name in the summary of the work. As we import works, we will e-mail notifications to the address associated with the work. (If you know of any authors that no longer have access to their Least Expected e-mail address, please tell them to contact me directly.)
You can email me at leastexpected.archivist@gmail.com or leave a comment to this post on either LiveJournal or Dreamwidth.
Please let me know if you have any questions, and thanks!
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Must take some time and fiddling, as most online stuff does. And hooray for preserving the earlier works.
Tia xx.