Zines in libraries

Zines in libraries State Library of NSW Collection Management Seminar 5 August 2009

Outline
Aims of today's presentation
Introducing panel members
John Stevens, Librarian, State Library of Victoria
Jessie Lymn, PhD student, UTS
Vanessa Berry, zinemaker
Susy Pow, Bird in the Hand zine distro
Defining zines
Zines in libraries
Two major Australian collections
Selected international examples
Considerations for librarians
Questions

Defining zines
Who makes them, and why?
Ideas of community
Where are they?
Zines in different contexts

Introduction to zine collections
Australian context
Two major collections
State Library of Victoria & the Octapod (Newcastle)
Similarities, differences
Other collections growing in Australian libraries and other spaces
eg St Kilda Public Library
International examples
Most collections focussed on a specific subject area or geographical location

State Library of Victoria collection
Rare printed section
Uncatalogued
Approx 5,000 titles
Collected since 2000
Zines sourced from bookshops
Polyester Books
Sticky Institute
Current cataloguing project

State Library of Victoria

The Octapod zine collection
Octapod Association, Newcastle
Developed as part of National Young Writers Festival (run annually since 1998)
Grew from the festival and local zine collection
Nationally significant collection
Estimated 3000+ zines
Grows by donation each year
Current stocktaking project
Collaboration with local zine shop

Octapod zine collection

Octapod zine library workshop, October 2008

International zine collections

Barnard College collection, New York

Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon

San Francisco Public Library

Archiv der Jugenkulturen, Berlin

Toronto Zine Library, Canada

Anchor Archive, Halifax, Canada (photo: Keg de Souza)

Considerations
Collection policy
Community demand? Library priorities?
Acquisition
Cash purchases or through distros/stores?
Presentation
Circulating collection? Reference / archive?
Cataloguing
Finding aids vs catalogue
Preservation
Censorship

Find out more
Zines in libraries literature
see handout

Australian zine anthologies/books
Strawberry Hills Forever, Vanessa Berry
You anthology , Luke You

Bird in the Hand zine distro open during lunch break

Zines in libraries

by jessie lymn on Aug 05, 2009

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