Redefining Rare, or, What's So Special About That Collection

RBMS Preconference, June 2005

Zines at Barnard CollegeJenna Freedman, Zine Librarian

http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~jfreedma/talks/rbms.ppt

http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~jfreedma/talks/rbms.doc

Acquisitions

• Selection: lists, feeds

• Distros, LiveJournal

• Payment

• Gifts

Processing

• Cataloging

• Abstracting

• Shelving

Preserving

• 2 copies

• Housing

• Access

Usage

• Catalog searches

• Research

• Leisure

• Library science scholarship

Why zines are important

• Historical precedent• Preserving primary source

materials• Alternative press Pop culture• Youth culture