The Infinite Loop: Archives and Time Travel in the Popular Imagination (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798892552776)

Twelve-time Hugo Award winner Lynne M. Thomas is the Head of the Rare Book and Manuscript Library and Juanita J. and Robert E. Simpson Rare Book and Manuscript Professor at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She previously served as the Head of Distinctive Collections and Curator of Rare Books and Special Collections at Northern Illinois University in DeKalb, IL (2004-2017) where she was responsible for popular culture special collections including the literary papers of over 75 SF/F authors and the official archives of SFWA. She is the co-author of Special Collections 2.0 (Libraries Unlimited, 2009) and the co-editor of New Directions for Special Collections: An Anthology of Practice, both with Beth Whittaker (ABC-CLIO, 2016). An alumna of Smith College with a degree in French and Comparative Literature, she also holds an MS in Library and Information Science from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and an MA in English and American Literature from Northern Illinois University. She co-edited the Hugo Award-winning Chicks Dig Time Lords (2010) with Tara O'Shea, and currently contributes to the Verity! Doctor Who Podcast.

Katy Rawdon is the Coordinator of Technical Services for the Special Collections Research Center at Temple University, a public research university in Philadelphia. She worked previously as the Director of Archives, Libraries, and Special Collections at the Barnes Foundation (2001-2012), an art collection and educational institution which houses one of the world's greatest collections of impressionist, post-impressionist, and modern art. She co-authored the chapter "What's in a Name? Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia and the Impact of Names and Name Authorities in Archival Description" in Ethical Questions in Name Authority Control, (Library Juice Press, 2019), the Archives for Black Lives in Philadelphia Anti-Racist Description Resources (2019), and contributed to the Best Practices for Queer Metadata (2024) as part of the Queer Metadata Collective. A published author of romance novels (as Katy James) and poetry, and an enthusiastic fanfic writer, she has long been interested in intersections between popular culture and her work in special collections. She received her BA in Art History and Women's Studies from Smith College and her MLS from Simmons College.