Library

About the HRSFA Library
Directions to the HRSFA Library
HRSFA Library Catalog

About the HRSFA Library

The HRSFA library is a large collection of speculative fiction literature, including science-fiction, fantasy, and horror. It also includes the official history of HRSFA, the Apocrypha HRSFAlogicae, as well as a sizable assortment of games, movies, comics, and miscellaneous objects. It is open to all dues-paid members; rules for using and checking out material are posted inside the library. For more information, contact the librarian.

The HRSFA library began as a book-swap consisting of a few small boxes. Then, Mike Ciaraldi donated hundreds of books, and soon afterwards, James McCarthy donated almost as many books as Mike Ciaraldi did. Alozie Nwosu '95 began the comic book collection. In 1995, Mike Gleeson '96 obtained the Pamela Trigg Jimenez Reading Room in PfoHo (which was then called North House) to store the books. The scattered novels were put in order by Elisabeth Cohen '06 in early 2003. The disarrayed comic books were organized by Vincent Yeh '06 in April 2003.

Directions to the HRSFA Library

The HRSFA Library is in PfoHo (Pforzheimer House), in the Pamela Trigg Jimenez Reading Room, the region marked in red in the map below:
map-pfoho
The easiest way to get into PfoHo is the door that is directly across from the Currier bells desk. Once inside the house go left (tantamount to making a U-turn) and go through the game/TV room and out the ramp on the far side. Follow the hallway to the right (the only direction it goes) and you will see a set of double glass doors on the right. (If you get to the room at the end of the hallway you have gone a little to far). Open the doors and you are in the reading room; the HRSFA library door is inside. The only thing on it is the combo lock. Clear the combo lock by turning the lever to the left and letting it return. Next, punch in the combination. To learn the combination, find the HRSFA treasurer and pay your HRSFA membership dues. Once the combination is completed turn the lever to the right and while holding the lever toward the right, open the door. The door opens inward and sticks a little. Once the door is open it is safe to let go of the lever. Please be respectful of the PfoHo residents, who have been kind enough to let us use the space! And please turn off the light when you leave!

HRSFA Library Catalog

The first HRSFA online library catalog, done circa 1999, was coded by Marshall Perrin '00; data entry was done by Bryn Neuenschwander '02. Here is the link to the now dead database:

http://www.hcs.harvard.edu/~hrsfa/library/