Posts in Open Doors Committee
The OTW is Recruiting for Open Doors Import Assistants, TWC Copyeditors & Proofreaders, and Tag Wranglers (Regular, Spanish & Portuguese)
Are you interested in the rescue and preservation of fanworks? Do you have experience copyediting or proofreading academic journals? Would you like to wrangle AO3 tags? Can you read and translate from Spanish or Portuguese to English? The Organization for Transformative Works is recruiting! We’re excited to announce the opening of applications for: Open Doors Import Assistant – closing 29 March 2023 at 23:59 UTC or after 30 applications TWC Copyeditor – closing 29 March 2023 at 23:59 UTC TWC Proofreader – closing 29 March 2023 at 23:59 UTC Tag Wrangler – closing 29 March 2023 at 23:59 UTC or after 115 applications Tag Wrangler… Read more
Open Doors Announces New Partnerships and Digitization Initiative
The OTW Open Doors Committee is pleased to announce two new developments: first, an expansion of its Fan Culture Preservation Project (FCPP) to include additional partner institutions; and second, the start of a new project, called the AO3 Fanzine Scan Hosting Project (FSHP), which will begin digital preservation of select fanzines and other physical fannish artifacts with permission from creators or publishers. In this post: A bit of background explanation Information about Open Doors’ new FCPP partnerships What to do if you want to donate your fannish memorabilia or fanzines Information about the new AO3 Fanzine Scan Hosting Project What this means for fanzine creators… Read more
All About Spike is Moving to the AO3
All About Spike, a Buffy the Vampire Slayer fanfiction archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who had work(s) on All About Spike And what to do if you still have questions
The Pony Fiction Archive is Moving to the AO3
Pony Fiction Archive, a My Little Pony fanfiction archive, is being imported to the Archive of Our Own (AO3). In this post: A bit of background explanation What this means for creators who have work on the Pony Fiction Archive And what to do if you still have questions
Five Things Julie Bozza Said
Every month or so the OTW will be doing a Q&A with one of its volunteers about their experiences in the organization. The posts express each volunteer’s personal views and do not necessarily reflect the views of the OTW or constitute OTW policy. Today’s post is with Julie Bozza, who volunteers as an Open Doors staffer. How does what you do as a volunteer fit into what the OTW does? I work with the Open Doors Committee “to protect and preserve at-risk fanworks of all kinds”, which fits neatly into the OTW’s interest in “providing access to and preserving the history of fanworks and fan… Read more