6/23/2011 cataloging zine collections in libraries and info-shops 2011 american library association...
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6/23/2011
Cataloging Zine Collections in Libraries and Info-shops2011 American Library Association Annual Conf.New Orleans, LA Chris RitzoLibrarian, UC-IMC Library
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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
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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
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Cataloging Process• Working through a large backlog
o Genre/subject sortingo Pre-cataloging: read & compile basic metadatao Create records from pre-cataloged materialso Add a circulating item record for each copy
• Volunteers from University, LIS school & collective members
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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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http://library.ucimc.org
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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