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Zines in libraries
State Library of NSWCollection Management Seminar
5 August 2009
Outline
• Aims of today's presentation• Introducing panel members
o John Stevens, Librarian, State Library of Victoriao Jessie Lymn, PhD student, UTSo Vanessa Berry, zinemakero Susy Pow, Bird in the Hand zine distro
• Defining zines• Zines in libraries
o Two major Australian collectionso Selected international exampleso 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
o State Library of Victoria & the Octapod (Newcastle)o Similarities, differences
• Other collections growing in Australian libraries and other spaceso 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 sectiono Uncataloguedo Approx 5,000 titles
• Collected since 2000• Zines sourced from bookshops
o Polyester Bookso Sticky Institute
• Current cataloguing project
State Library of Victoria
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
o 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
Barnard College collection, New York
Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
San Francisco Public Library
San Francisco Public Library
Archiv der Jugenkulturen, Berlin
Toronto Zine Library, Canada
Anchor Archive, Halifax, Canada(photo: Keg de Souza)
Considerations• Collection policy
o Community demand? Library priorities?
• Acquisitiono Cash purchases or through distros/stores?
• Presentationo Circulating collection? Reference / archive?
• Cataloguingo 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