1. ZINES: alternative small press books...in academic libraries © Carolyn Bratnober Pratt Institute 2011

2. ORIGIN OF THE “ZINE” 1930s sci-fi fanzines 1970s “punk zines” 1990s to present… “DIY” culture

3. ZINES ARE: SELF published NOT for profit SMALL circulation drawings how-to’s fiction humor memoirs poetry DIY

4. zines in the PUBLIC library local/community focus youth readers increase inexpensive to acquire

5. uses in the ACADEMIC library intro to writing information literacy exposure to publishing social/political involvement research (esp. social sciences)

6. great examples! Barnard College Library NYU Fales Special Collections  key departments: dance, womens studies  local and urban feminist authors  media inclusive  faculty and student research

7. Pratt Institute Library Zine Collection (Brooklyn)

8. CHALLENGES space and uniformity irregular serials changing titles scope and selection cataloging displays

9. zine development... Distros Online: Symposia Zines on Zines Barnard College Library Zine Parcell Press (Philadelphia) Bluestockings Bookstore (Allen St, NYC) Jim Hanley’s Universe (W 33 RD St, NYC) New York: www.nyczinefest.orgwww.nyczinefest.org Portland: www.pdxzines.comwww.pdxzines.com Donations

10. IMAGE SOURCES: “Zines,” Ouch My Ego, www.ouchmyego.com/zine/rgv_zineswww.ouchmyego.com/zine/rgv_zines “Hand Bound Book,” of machines, B’More Green, Baltimore Sun, weblogs.baltimoresun.comweblogs.baltimoresun.com “The Comet,” Zine Wiki, www.zinewiki.comwww.zinewiki.com “Flyer for Zinesters Guide to Portland,” Shawn Granton, Sito.org, www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/www.sito.org/cgi-bin/egads/ “Barnard College Library – Zines,” Barnard College, library.barnard.edulibrary.barnard.edu “Duke University Library,” Duke University, http:/ B/library.duke.eduhttp:/ B/library.duke.edu “NYC Zinefest,” Nate Duval, www.nateduval.comwww.nateduval.com THE END