http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/1654 Papers and other research self-archived by Rebecca Hankins. 2013-02-15T10:05:32Z http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/92404 Fictional Islam: A Literary Review and Comparative Essay on Islam in Science Fiction and Fantasy This article was published in Foundation 105: Spring 2009 issue. I have their permission to post this article. 2010-01-07T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/92227 Countering the Master Narrative: Muslims and Islam in Science Fiction, Fantasy, and Comics Science Fiction Symposium 2010-04-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/90986 Art in Special Collections: Latino and African American Fine Art and Photography Collections in Academic Institutions Often university libraries or archive/special collections house large fine art and photographic collections by African American and Latino artists. These collections are frequently hidden due to inadequate funding to promote them, minimal exhibit space, insufficient staffing with requisite exhibition and curatorial expertise, and/or diminished cataloging or digital priority. This article seeks to address the concerns and issues that affect this lack of exposure within academic special collections in both large and small institutions. The intent is to highlight successful strategies that can be used by other repositories seeking to diversify their art and photography holdings. 2010-05-15T00:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/86481 Meeting Our Users Where They Conference: A Texas A&M Model to Support Librarian Attendance at Subject-Specific Conferences Today’s academic librarian is frequently called upon to function as a subject specialist, with or without advanced degrees in other disciplines. One method of monitoring trends within a given field is to study its literature; another is to attend conferences in the discipline. Discipline-specific conference attendance by academic librarians provides opportunities to interact with faculty in their disciplines that result in an increased communication with faculty, improved reference expertise, and more focused collection development. This paper describes the Texas A&M University Libraries’ support for conference attendance and examples of the resulting benefits. Copyright Holder, 2009: This is the author's version of the work. It is posted here by permission of 'Copyright Holder' for personal use, not for redistribution. The definitive version was published in Public Services Quarterly, Volume 5 Issue 2, April 2009. doi:10.1080/15228950902837541 (http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15228950902837541) 2009-04-01T00:00:00Z