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This multimedia project will explore the relationship between community members, authors, librarians, archivists, and zines. Zines are short form, do-it-yourself, small-batch magazines made by independent authors and artists. Since this alternative media operates outside traditional mainstream hierarchies of cultural production, both historians and academics have studied zines as representations of hypertemporal trends and embodied communities. Using zines in this way, we will delve into how these works impact topics of equity, access, privacy, intellectual freedom, the limitations of academia and publishing, agency, and social justice. This project examines local zine collections at public libraries in Southern California, specific zines as evidence, the historical context of zines, and communication with those who build and maintain these collections institutionally. We do not investigate zines from the perspective of zine makers, but instead rely on scholarship and praxis surrounding zines within archive and library spaces from library and information professionals. We will also discuss the ways in which technological and cultural trends have influenced the LIS field’s ability to include zines in their collections. Through these methods, this project ultimately advocates for zines as essential parts of academic and institutional spaces, as their presence furthers conceptual topics and practices within LIS fields.

References

Berthoud, H. (2016). A new kind of social media strategy: Collecting zines at the Vassar College Library. In Bernhardt, B.R., Hinds, L.H. & Strauch, P.K. (Eds.), Where do we go from here?: Charleston conference proceedings, 2015, (pp. 309–12). Purdue University Press. https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv15wxr5j.53

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Gunderloy, M. (1990). Zines: Where the action is: The very small press in America.  Whole Earth Review, (68), 58–60. Internet Archive. https://zinewiki.com/wiki/Zines:_Where_the_Action_Is:_The_Very_Small_Press_in_America

Queer Zine Archive Project -- Zinesters do it on the photocopier. (2013). Richard F. Brush Art Gallery, New York, NY., United States.  https://jstor.org/stable/10.2307/community.18010933

References

Berthoud, H. (2018). My life as a ‘like-minded misfit,’ or, experiences in zine librarianship. Serials Review, 44(1), 4-12. DOI 10.1080/00987913.2018.1434857

Bold, M.R. (2017). Why diverse zines matter: A case study of the People of Color Zines Project. Publishing Research Quarterly, 33, 215–228. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12109-017-9533-4

Freedman, J. (2008). AACR 2 — Bendable but not flexible: Cataloging zines at Barnard College. In K.R. Roberto (Ed.), Radical cataloging: Essays at the front. (pp. 231- 240). McFarland & Company, Inc.

Honma, T. (2016). From archives to action: Zines, participatory culture, and community engagement in Asian America. Radical Teacher, (105), 33-43. https://doi.org/10.5195/rt.2016.277

Merhar, A. (2019). Too long; didn't read: The case for academic zines. Northern Review, (49), 191–194. https://doi.org/10.22584/nr49.2019.012

O’Dell, A.J. (2014). RDA and the description of zines: Metadata needs for alternative publications. Journal of Library Metadata, 14(3-4), 255-308. https://doi.org/10.1080/19386389.2014.978235

References

Barton, J., & Olson, P. (2019). Cite first, ask questions later? Toward an ethic of zines and zinesters in libraries and research. The Papers of the Bibliographical Society of America, 113(2), 205–216. https://doi.org/10.1086/703341

Fife, K. (2019). Not for you? Ethical implications of archiving zines. Punk & Post-Punk, 8(2), 227-242. https://doi.org/10.1386/punk.8.2.227_1

Stoddart, R.A., & Kiser, T. (2004). Zine archives and the archival tradition. Library Resources & Technical Services, 48(3), 191-198.

Tkach, D., & Hank, C. (2014). Before blogs, there were zines: Berman, danky, and the political case for zine collecting in North American academic libraries. Serials Review, 40(1), 12–20. https://doi.org/10.1080/00987913.2014.891866

References

Jorgensen-Skakum, D. (2018). Disgusting, beautiful, safe: Exploring community through fourth wave freaks. American Periodicals: A Journal of History & Criticism, 28(2), 168-178. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/702114/pdf

The Subcultures Network (Ed.). (2018). Ripped, torn and cut: Pop, politics and punk fanzines from 1976. Manchester University Press. https://doi.org/10.7228/manchester/9781526120595.001.0001

Piepmeier, A. (2009). Girl zines: Making media, doing Feminism. New York University Press.

Piepmeier, A. (2008). Why zines matter: Materiality and the creation of embodied community. American Periodicals, 18(2), 213-238. https://doi.org/10.1353/amp.0.0004

Piepmeier, A. (2014). Pedagogy of hope: Feminist zines. In Zobl, E. & Drüeke, R. (Eds.), Feminist media: Participatory spaces, networks, and cultural citizenship. (pp. 250-264). Transcript. https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/handle/20.500.12657/31465/627781.pdf?sequence=1#page=251

Plumb, A. (2007). Zines from the shop floor. New Labor Forum, 16(3-4), 152-161. https://www.jstor.org/stable/40342725

Wright, O. (2019). Literary Vandals: American women’s prison zines as collective autobiography. Women’s Studies, 48(2), 104–128. https://doi.org/10.1080/00497878.2019.1580522

Worley, M. (2015). Punk, politics and British (fan) zines, 1976–84: ‘While the world was dying, did you wonder why?’. History Workshop Journal, 79(1), 76-106.  https://doi.org/10.1093/hwj/dbu043

Koppel, L. (2006). Zines in the Library Catalogue? Of Course. New York Times, B2. https://www.proquest.com/historical-newspapers/zines-library-catalogue-course/docview/93067303/se-2?accountid=14512

First Science Fiction Fanzine

Palmer, R.A., & Dennis, W. (1930). The Comet: Science Correspondence Club Bulletin [Zine] 1, no. 1. https://fanac.org/fanzines/Comet/Comet01.pdf

Berthoud,H., Barton, J., Brett J., Darms, L., Fox, V., Freedman, J., LaSuprema Hecker, J., Karabaic, L., Kauffman, R., McElroy, K., Miller, M., Moody, H., Vachon, J., Veitch, M., Williams, C., & Wooten, K. (2015). Zine Librarians Code of Ethics Zine [Zine]. https://www.zinelibraries.info/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/EthicsZine-rev-20151105.pdf

117 zines available in their catalog. Zines listed as “NEW!”

León-Chambers, I. (2021). Catalog Screenshot [Photograph]. Personal.

Altadena Library’s Zine Collection

600 E. Mariposa St. Altadena, CA 91101

León-Chambers, I. (2021). Altadena Library’s Zine Collection Shelves [Photograph]. Personal.

Altadena Library’s Zine Collection

600 E. Mariposa St. Altadena, CA 91101

León-Chambers, I. (2021). Altadena Library’s Zine Collection Shelves [Photograph]. Personal.

https://freerads.org/2019/10/11/a-guide-to-predpol-and-dismantling-it/

K shared this cool zine! It's about dismantling the police state in our own neighborhood.