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Zines in libraries
State Library of NSWCollection Management Seminar
5 August 2009
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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
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Defining zines
• Who makes them, and why?• Ideas of community• Where are they?• Zines in different contexts
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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
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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
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State Library of Victoria
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State Library of Victoria
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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
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Octapod zine collection
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Octapod zine library workshop, October 2008
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International zine collections
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Barnard College collection, New York
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Barnard College collection, New York
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Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
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Multnomah County Library, Portland, Oregon
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San Francisco Public Library
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San Francisco Public Library
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Archiv der Jugenkulturen, Berlin
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Toronto Zine Library, Canada
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Anchor Archive, Halifax, Canada(photo: Keg de Souza)
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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
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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