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  1. #fantastic19 Crossing the streams of librarianship and cultural studies now as @LudiPrice talks about the information behaviour of fans and fanfic writers.
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      #fantastic19 Ludi asks, is there such a thing as 'fun information work'? I'm off (library) work today so... no comment.
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        #fantastic19 Ludi found that fan information behaviour is incredibly generous with a good exchange of information (canon and fanon) for social capital. We see this in e.g. fan-made wikis.
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          #fantastic19 Comparisons of the bibliographic standards of professional librarianship with the bespoke standards of fan fiction sites and systems like Wattpad. Fans are good at creating their own classification and tagging systems to help them find information easily.
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            #fantastic19 AO3 (Archive of Our Own) has a sophisticated tagging and authority system that easily beats anything available in current library catalogues. And it's built and maintained mostly by volunteers and fan communities.