Barnard Library Zine Collection Pratt Institute LMS Class November 19, 2008 Librarian Jenna Freedman http://jenna.openflows.come/talks/2008/hochman Welcome! The plan: Talk for a bit about zines—what they are and what they're doing in my library. Get to the library part—catalog searches, cataloging, and the proposal. Does the above sound right? Anything I should skip or go over quickly? Anything I should spend more time on?

introduction to zines Definition History Types DEFINITION Self-published and the publisher doesn’t answer to anyone Small, self-distributed print run Motivated by desire to express oneself rather than to make money Outside the mainstream Low budget No ISSN, no barcode, no paid ads No need for any special equipment or knowledge Portable An expression of Do It Yourself (DIY) culture Foster a community among their creators and readers HISTORY 17th century pamphlets in England Women and the pamphlet culture of revolutionary England, 1640-1660 by Marcus Nevitt DA403 .N48 2006 18th century revolutionary US—Common Sense 20th century science fiction and soviet dissidents,beat poets and punk rockers, riot grrrl, art books TYPES SHOW EXAMPLES Art: Riffrag Zines R55 Compilation: Ladyfriend Zines C571 DIY: Guide to Water Zines G83g Fanzine: Judy! ZinesL39j Literary: I Hear You Like Stories Zines F38i Mamazine: The East Village Inky Zines H25e Minicomics: Total Disaster Zines F58t Personal: Idle Tuesday Zines V45i Political: Fire Down Below Zines E74f Split: Hi-Yay to Hell/Brazen Hussy Zines P26b Just because I like them: On Being Jealous of Invertebrates Zines J46o and Red-Hooded Sweatshirt Zines F34r

the people's media Who makes zines Why do they do it WHO Young people: majority teens & early twenties Bicyle riding white punk kids from Portland, OR PDX mothers of young children librarians! WHY Proof I exist Communicate/share Create/contribute E.g. Kelly Shortandqueer—feels an obligation to his community (FTM transgender people) to document his experience

zinelike online communications In addition to zine characteristics I described earlier  No need for any special equipment or knowledge Portable An expression of Do It Yourself (DIY) culture Foster a community among their creators and readers In addition to some of the points above, blogs: Allow the creator to publish nearly immediately Are dynamic and can be altered or removed by the creator at any time Can be interactive, allowing comments from readers HOSTED BLOGS: What's the difference? Ads Privacy Payment Ownership FaceBook Flickr LiveJournal MySpace Zines Are Not Blogs and Why Zines Matter

library geekery CLIO Cataloging Subject headings Proposal CLIO Show how to search for zines zines AND privilege? Full view Browse by call # Rare vs. stacks CATALOGING Wanted to be in CLIO/WorldCat Available for ILL Monographs vs. serials SUBJECT HEADINGS Authorities.loc.gov Catalog.loc.gov Lcsh.info CLIO Cataloging Subject headings Proposal

Zines Used in this Presentation contact & etc. barnard.edu/library/zines barnardzines.livejournal.com zines@barnard.edu zinelist@barnard.edu Zines Used in this Presentation Art: Riffrag Zines R55 Compilation: Ladyfriend Zines C571 DIY: Guide to Water Zines G83g Fanzine: Judy! ZinesL39j Literary: I Hear You Like Stories Zines F38i Mamazine: The East Village Inky Zines H25e Minicomics: Total Disaster Zines F58t Personal: Idle Tuesday Zines V45i Political: Fire Down Below Zines E74f Split: Hi-Yay to Hell/Brazen Hussy Zines P26b Just because I like them: On Being Jealous of Invertebrates Zines J46o and Red-Hooded Sweatshirt Zines F34r