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Violet

Mon, Aug 19, 2024 11:39 PM

Hello zine friends,

If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC)
earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of
ZLuC 2024 https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/ to see the
schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there
was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about
potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the
event.

The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs
https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/ since
the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group
of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but
we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a
one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest).

There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at
this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online
might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are
some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to
help shape that event, please reply all to this message!

The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another
selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit
their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a
non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner
than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged.

Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might
mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a
regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller
one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the
"get everybody together in one place" big event.

By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community. We
want your thoughts and ideas!

Thanks,
Violet

ZineLibrarians mailing list
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

Hello zine friends, If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of ZLuC 2024 <https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/> to see the schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the event. The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs <https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/> since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest). There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to help shape that event, please reply all to this message! The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged. Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the "get everybody together in one place" big event. By being on this list, *you* are a part of the zine librarian community. We want your thoughts and ideas! Thanks, Violet _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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Elizabeth Brown

Tue, Aug 20, 2024 6:51 PM

I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group
needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing
regional zine unconferences? This one exists already
http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/,
but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some
updating- with covid precautions and other considerations.

With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual ->
all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend
the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and
disseminate information.

I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original
suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference
internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big,
everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international
focus to the virtual conference?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Violet violetfox@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC)
To: Zinelibrarians ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info

Hello zine friends,

If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC)
earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of
ZLuC 2024 https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/ to see the
schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there
was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about
potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the
event.

The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs
https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/ since
the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group
of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but
we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a
one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest).

There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at
this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online
might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are
some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to
help shape that event, please reply all to this message!

The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another
selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit
their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a
non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner
than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged.

Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might
mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a
regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller
one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the
"get everybody together in one place" big event.

By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community. We
want your thoughts and ideas!

Thanks,
Violet

ZineLibrarians mailing list
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing regional zine unconferences? This one exists already <http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/>, but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some updating- with covid precautions and other considerations. With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual -> all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and disseminate information. I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big, everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international focus to the virtual conference? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Violet <violetfox@gmail.com> Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC) To: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> Hello zine friends, If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of ZLuC 2024 <https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/> to see the schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the event. The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs <https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/> since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest). There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to help shape that event, please reply all to this message! The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged. Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the "get everybody together in one place" big event. By being on this list, *you* are a part of the zine librarian community. We want your thoughts and ideas! Thanks, Violet _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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Violet

Tue, Sep 3, 2024 7:53 PM

Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about future
ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year virtual/in
person schedule work? What about a three-year (in person/regional/virtual)
schedule? Other ideas?

Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on
conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is
welcome and needed!

Thanks,
Violet

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown ebrown5813@gmail.com wrote:

I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group
needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing
regional zine unconferences? This one exists already
http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/,
but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some
updating- with covid precautions and other considerations.

With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual ->
all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend
the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and
disseminate information.

I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original
suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference
internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big,
everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international
focus to the virtual conference?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Violet violetfox@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC)
To: Zinelibrarians ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info

Hello zine friends,

If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC)
earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of
ZLuC 2024 https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/ to see the
schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there
was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about
potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the
event.

The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs
https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/
since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate
group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year,
but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a
one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest).

There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at
this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online
might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are
some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to
help shape that event, please reply all to this message!

The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another
selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit
their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a
non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner
than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged.

Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That
might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a
regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller
one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the
"get everybody together in one place" big event.

By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community.
We want your thoughts and ideas!

Thanks,
Violet

ZineLibrarians mailing list
ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info

http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about future ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year virtual/in person schedule work? What about a three-year (in person/regional/virtual) schedule? Other ideas? Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is welcome and needed! Thanks, Violet On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com> wrote: > I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group > needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing > regional zine unconferences? This one exists already > <http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/>, > but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some > updating- with covid precautions and other considerations. > > With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual -> > all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend > the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and > disseminate information. > > I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original > suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference > internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big, > everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international > focus to the virtual conference? > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: Violet <violetfox@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM > Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC) > To: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> > > > Hello zine friends, > > If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) > earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of > ZLuC 2024 <https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/> to see the > schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there > was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about > potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the > event. > > The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs > <https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/> > since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate > group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, > but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a > one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest). > > There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at > this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online > might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are > some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to > help shape that event, please reply all to this message! > > The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another > selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit > their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a > non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner > than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged. > > Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That > might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a > regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller > one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the > "get everybody together in one place" big event. > > By being on this list, *you* are a part of the zine librarian community. > We want your thoughts and ideas! > > Thanks, > Violet > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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Peté, Sara

Tue, Sep 3, 2024 10:13 PM

A rotation sounds good to me!

From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info On Behalf Of Violet
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 12:54 PM
To: Elizabeth Brown ebrown5813@gmail.com
Cc: Zinelibrarians ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Fwd: upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC)

Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about future ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year virtual/in person schedule work? What about a three-year (in person/regional/virtual) schedule? Other ideas?

Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is welcome and needed!

Thanks,
Violet

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com mailto:ebrown5813@gmail.com> wrote:
I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing regional zine unconferences? This one exists alreadyhttp://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/, but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some updating- with covid precautions and other considerations.

With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual -> all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and disseminate information.

I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big, everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international focus to the virtual conference?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Violet <violetfox@gmail.com mailto:violetfox@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC)
To: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info mailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>

Hello zine friends,

If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of ZLuC 2024https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/ to see the schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the event.

The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCshttps://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/ since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest).

There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to help shape that event, please reply all to this message!

The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged.

Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the "get everybody together in one place" big event.

By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community. We want your thoughts and ideas!

Thanks,
Violet

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ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info mailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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A rotation sounds good to me! From: ZineLibrarians <zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info> On Behalf Of Violet Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 12:54 PM To: Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com> Cc: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Fwd: upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC) Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about future ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year virtual/in person schedule work? What about a three-year (in person/regional/virtual) schedule? Other ideas? Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is welcome and needed! Thanks, Violet On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com<mailto:ebrown5813@gmail.com>> wrote: I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing regional zine unconferences? This one exists already<http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/>, but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some updating- with covid precautions and other considerations. With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual -> all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and disseminate information. I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big, everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international focus to the virtual conference? ---------- Forwarded message --------- From: Violet <violetfox@gmail.com<mailto:violetfox@gmail.com>> Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC) To: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info<mailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>> Hello zine friends, If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of ZLuC 2024<https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/> to see the schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the event. The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs<https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/> since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest). There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to help shape that event, please reply all to this message! The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged. Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the "get everybody together in one place" big event. By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community. We want your thoughts and ideas! Thanks, Violet _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info<mailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info<mailto:ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

AB

Amanda Bullington

Wed, Sep 4, 2024 12:16 PM

I'm a big fan of the three year schedule -- I like the idea of smaller
meetings with people from local regions!

-Amanda

On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 6:13 PM Peté, Sara sara.pete@sos.wa.gov wrote:

A rotation sounds good to me!

From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info *On
Behalf Of *Violet
Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2024 12:54 PM
To: Elizabeth Brown ebrown5813@gmail.com
Cc: Zinelibrarians ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info
Subject: Re: [Zine Librarians] Fwd: upcoming Zine Librarians
unConferences (ZLuC)

Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about
future ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year
virtual/in person schedule work? What about a three-year (in
person/regional/virtual) schedule? Other ideas?

Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on
conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is
welcome and needed!

Thanks,

Violet

On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown ebrown5813@gmail.com
wrote:

I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group
needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing
regional zine unconferences? This one exists already
http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/,
but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some
updating- with covid precautions and other considerations.

With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual ->
all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend
the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and
disseminate information.

I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original
suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference
internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big,
everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international
focus to the virtual conference?

---------- Forwarded message ---------
From: Violet violetfox@gmail.com
Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC)
To: Zinelibrarians ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info

Hello zine friends,

If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC)
earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of
ZLuC 2024 https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/ to see the
schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there
was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about
potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the
event.

The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs
https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/
since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate
group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year,
but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a
one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest).

There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at
this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online
might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are
some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to
help shape that event, please reply all to this message!

The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another
selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit
their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a
non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner
than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged.

Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That
might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a
regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller
one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the
"get everybody together in one place" big event.

By being on this list, you are a part of the zine librarian community.
We want your thoughts and ideas!

Thanks,

Violet

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I'm a big fan of the three year schedule -- I like the idea of smaller meetings with people from local regions! -Amanda On Tue, Sep 3, 2024 at 6:13 PM Peté, Sara <sara.pete@sos.wa.gov> wrote: > A rotation sounds good to me! > > > > *From:* ZineLibrarians <zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info> *On > Behalf Of *Violet > *Sent:* Tuesday, September 3, 2024 12:54 PM > *To:* Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com> > *Cc:* Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> > *Subject:* Re: [Zine Librarians] Fwd: upcoming Zine Librarians > unConferences (ZLuC) > > > > Thanks to everyone who was able to chime into the conversation about > future ZLuC planning. What do others think: would an every-other-year > virtual/in person schedule work? What about a three-year (in > person/regional/virtual) schedule? Other ideas? > > > > Since there's no formal organization for zine librarians, we depend on > conversation on this email list to determine a consensus. Your input is > welcome and needed! > > > > Thanks, > > Violet > > > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2024, 1:53 PM Elizabeth Brown <ebrown5813@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think the three year schedule is a great idea, although perhaps a group > needs to be made to create / expand a toolkit of advice for organizing > regional zine unconferences? This one exists already > <http://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/zluc-organizers-toolkit/>, > but it's looking like it was created in 2018 and might be in need of some > updating- with covid precautions and other considerations. > > > > With that in mind, I wonder if the cycle might make sense to be virtual -> > all together -> regional. With the (idealistic) hope that people who attend > the large conference will go back to their regions prepared to organize and > disseminate information. > > > > I can see the advantage of additional organizing time in Violet's original > suggestion though, especially if there is intent to hold the conference > internationally. But perhaps it becomes less pressing to hold the big, > everyone together conference outside the US if there's an international > focus to the virtual conference? > > > > ---------- Forwarded message --------- > From: *Violet* <violetfox@gmail.com> > Date: Mon, Aug 19, 2024 at 5:53 PM > Subject: [Zine Librarians] upcoming Zine Librarians unConferences (ZLuC) > To: Zinelibrarians <ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info> > > > > Hello zine friends, > > If you weren't able to attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) > earlier this month, you missed a great time! Check out the wiki site of > ZLuC 2024 <https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024/> to see the > schedule of what we talked about and notes from some sessions. Today there > was a debrief meeting among attendees where we talked about > potential future plans, and we also talked about future plans during the > event. > > > > The zine librarian community in the U.S. has now held sixteen (!!!) ZLuCs > <https://www.zinelibraries.info/events/zine-librarian-unconferences/> > since the first one in Seattle in 2009. Each ZLuC is hosted by a passionate > group of unpaid volunteers. ZLuC has traditionally been held once a year, > but we've had years with more than one ZLuCs as well (when Olympia hosted a > one-day ZLuC in 2019 the same weekend as the Olympia Zine Fest). > > > > There's a lot of interest in having more online ZLuCs, and attendees at > this year's ZLuC thought perhaps every other year being entirely online > might be a good idea. That seems a reasonable bet for 2025, and there are > some volunteers who have stepped up to make that happen—if you'd like to > help shape that event, please reply all to this message! > > > > The question now is what should we do for 2026? Should we gather another > selection committee and send out requests to zine librarians to submit > their library as a potential host? Do we want to prioritize having a > non-U.S. location? In that case, we might want to start planning sooner > than later, so passports and travel visas can be arranged. > > > > Here's my own suggestion: What if we started a three-year cycle? That > might mean: the first year would be 100% online, the second year would be a > regional ZLuC year where multiple communities each host their own smaller > one-day events to build local community, and the third year would be the > "get everybody together in one place" big event. > > > > By being on this list, *you* are a part of the zine librarian community. > We want your thoughts and ideas! > > > > Thanks, > > Violet > > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > -- *Amanda Bullington* *Serials Cataloging Librarian* Hesburgh Libraries University of Notre Dame 405 Hesburgh Library Notre Dame, IN 46556 *o:* (574) 631-2587 *e: *abullin3@nd.edu _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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