6/23/2011 Cataloging Zine Collections in Libraries and Info-shops 2011 American Library Association Annual Conf. New Orleans, LA Chris Ritzo Librarian, UC-IMC Library

6/23/2011 About UC-IMC Library Volunteer collective, donated materials Zines, books, institutional archives Space/budget/time challenges Cataloging vs. Programs Fighting disuse/entropy/institutionalization Recruiting/retaining/radicalizing new volunteers

6/23/2011 About the Zine Collection ~90 document storage boxes, 1000+ish zines More of a small archive from mid-1990s on ~1/2 sorted by genre/subject Shelved by “genre” or subject category boxes Large amount not yet cataloged Collection development consists of some purchases, but mostly personal donations Programming & grant funding

6/23/2011 Cataloging Process Working through a large backlog o Genre/subject sorting o Pre-cataloging: read & compile basic metadata o Create records from pre-cataloged materials o Add a circulating item record for each copy Volunteers from University, LIS school & collective members

6/23/2011 Catalog-Finding Aid-ILS Website is all three, built using Drupal CMS Basic metadata fields for title, photo, call # location, etc. Taxonomies for zine genre/subject, free tags, ¿LC? Optionally, Dublin Core metadata Circulation module from Anchor Archive Zine Library

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6/23/2011 Building zine community around programs Zine making at Urbana Children’s Art Festival Urbana Free Library zine workshops UI Women's Resource Center library Juvenile Detention Center Library Hosting & coordinating skillshares 2011 Midwest Zine Fest