Collecting and Preserving the Do It Yourself Revolution: Zines in Libraries

ACRL National Conference, April 2005

Zines at a 4 Year College Affiliated with an Ivy League University

Jenna Freedman, Barnard College

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• Popular culture• Youth culture• Alternative press