anyzine you can do: going diy at your library
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Anyzine You Can Do: Going DIY at Your Library
● Presented by Jenna FreedmanMETRO #metrozines
reading time
Excerpt fromPiepmeier, Alison. Girl Zines : Making Media, Doing Feminism. New York: New York University Press, c2009.
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intro/icebreaker
Name & any affiliation you care to share.
Something you're an expert in.
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agenda
Intro to zines Selection/acquisitions Description & access Outreach with zines Instruction &
programming Zine making
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Photo by me
What's a zine?
Read a zine/swap with a neighbor and consider these questions:
●Why did this person choose to communicate this content as a zine?●What is the zine about?●How do the visual elements complement or complicate the text?
Discuss in pairs. @barnlib #metrozines
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acquisitions
● Collection policies● Inclusiveness (hint:
Brown Recluse Zine Distro)● Etiquette● Distros, stores, zine fests,
individuals● Payment
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Photo by me
cataloging
●Cataloging●Finding aids●Circulation●Shelving●Supplies
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Pass up your catalog card:
● things you're still confused about
● pedagogical devices that aren't going well for you
● anything you want me to know before starting up again
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Photo from Women of Library History via OCLC
instruction & programming
● Zine making● Research● Readings● Crafty
workshops● Zine fests
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Outreach
● Informational● Referency● Newsy ● Mappy ● Compare zines &
other outreach publications
@barnlib #metrozines Photo by the Barnard Zine Club
make a zine
● One-page folding zine
● Make zines● Make copies● Trade
@barnlib #metrozinesPhoto by Annie Soga from zinecats Tumblr
links & stuff● Barnard Zine Library
– zines.barnard.edu
– @barnlib
● List of zine libraries worldwide, including the internetzines.barnard.edu/zine-libraries
● Using CLIO to find zines clio.columbia.edu/catalog
● Jenna– lowereastsidelibrarian.info
– [email protected] @barnlib #metrozines