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Originally Posted by astrangerhere
So I went looking for my library's collection policies based on your comment. This is the stated goal of the collection development policy:
They further have a lengthy list of authors that are automatically added to the collection when a new book of theirs comes out. Included in that list are Eric Flint, Lois M. Bujold, and CJ Cherryh. And that was just me looking at BAEN authors A and B and happening to spot Flint's name. So, no, I do not believe that my collections librarian is in any way blocking content that the readers here want.
I'll also say that at last check UNC had undergraduate and graduate-level classes on both science fiction and fantasy. There is an entire upper-level class on Tolkien which is next to the class on Milton in the catalog.
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Well, you can't have it both ways. You just talked about your library not having very many Baen authors, citing that as proof they weren't any good. Now, you say they do have Baen authors. In general, there is a prejudice against popular authors. They might carry some of them simply because of the demand, but they don't have to like them.
Tolkien is now a classic, of course.