1. Confessions of an Accidental Archivist and Amateur Cataloger: What Happens When a Reference Librarian Runs a Special Collection Midwest Archives Conference Organizing Anarchy April 23, 2010 Jenna FreedmanJenna Freedman, Zine Librarian, Barnard CollegeZine Librarian

2. the materials Active creators/records Secondary sources Most authors young, recent Copyright/permissions Authored by everygrrrl Subject to Change by Wendy

3. acquisitions Purchases Gifts—but not organized by donor, even intellectually What's a donor agreement? Trades Payment Almost no subscriptions I Dreamed I Was Assertive by Celia Perez

4. processing & cataloging Circulating zines stamped, tattle taped, and barcoded Item level cataloging with LCSH for every zine I read and catalog every zine in the collection Abstracting, cataloging, and processing help from student workers and LIS interns Muffin Bones by Emily K. Larned

5. shelving/preservation Cutter classification scheme, not by donor Stacks zines browsable Archives zines in acid free pamphlet files, climate controlled archive, paged from reference No special reading room, photography, pens, food allowed The Future Generation by China Martens

6. links/contact This presentation: http://jenna.openflows.com/talks/2010/machttp://jenna.openflows.com/talks/2010/mac Me: zines@barnard.eduzines@barnard.edu Barnard Library Zine Collection http://barnard.edu/library/zineshttp://barnard.edu/library/zines Comparison of Barnard Zine Collection and Fales Riot Grrrl Collection http://barnardzines.livejournal.com/70907.html http://barnardzines.livejournal.com/70907.html Library Journal Zine Reviews http://www.libraryjournal.com/community/Magazine/Zine/47384.html http://www.libraryjournal.com/community/Magazine/Zine/47384.html Why We're Not Digitizing Zines, by Kelly Wooten, Duke University http://library.duke.edu/blogs/digital-collections/2009/09/21/why-were-not- digitizing-zines http://library.duke.edu/blogs/digital-collections/2009/09/21/why-were-not- digitizing-zines Your Zine Tool Kit: a DIY Collection http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6341863.html http://www.libraryjournal.com/article/CA6341863.html Zine Libraries http://barnard.edu/library/zines/zinelibraries.htmhttp://barnard.edu/library/zines/zinelibraries.htm Zine Libraries Interest Group http://zinelibraries.info, includes downloadable Zine Librarian Zine http://zinelibraries.info/2009/03/03/zine-librarian-zine-3http://zinelibraries.infohttp://zinelibraries.info/2009/03/03/zine-librarian-zine-3 Zinelibrarians list http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarianshttp://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians