Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Katz, Demian
- Abstract:
- This collection contains more than 2500 print gamebooks (primarily paperback) along with smaller number of related works in other media, including magazines, comics, audio recordings, films, and software.
- Extent:
- 57 linear feet (57 cartons)
- Language:
- Multiple languages and Materials in this collection are in Bulgarian, Catalan, Czech, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Hungarian, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Portuguese, Slovenian, Spanish, and Swedish.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Demian Katz gamebook collection, Mss 294. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
Background
- Scope and content:
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This collection contains over 2500 gamebooks (primarily paperback) along with works in other media, including magazines, software, films, comics, and audio recordings. A large portion of the gamebooks are in English, with many other languages represented in addition. The collection covers interactive books (branching-plot novels), solitaire role-playing with rule sets, and multi-player combat books.
- Acquisition information:
- Gift of Demian Katz, 2012.
- Arrangement:
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Materials in this collection have been arranged by language and publisher series. In addition to publisher series, the English language gamebooks have been arranged by level of complexity: simple, intermediate, advanced, and other. The physical arrangment of this collection does not necessarily match its intellectual arrangement in the finding guide. Multiple copies of the same title may be listed more than once if filed in different boxes.
- Physical location:
- The collection is located at the Southern Regional Library Facility (SRLF).
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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The collection is open for research. The collection is stored offsite. Advance notice is required for retrieval.
- Terms of access:
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Department of Special Collections, UCSB. All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Department of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which also must be obtained.
- Preferred citation:
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[Identification of Item], Demian Katz gamebook collection, Mss 294. Department of Special Research Collections, UC Santa Barbara Library, University of California, Santa Barbara.
- Location of this collection:
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UC Santa Barbara LibrarySanta Barbara, CA 93106-9010, US
- Contact:
- (805) 893-3062