Hello fellow zine librarian! I'm reaching out on behalf of the Zine Librarian Interest Group<http://zinelibraries.info/>, related to some groundwork we're doing for the development of a Zine Union Catalog: an online tool for wide discovery of zines and zine collections in libraries, archives and other settings. The group has been at it for the last three years (some of that involving previous IPRC zine librarian Lillian). We're hoping to expand our group to include more DIY library perspectives, since the union catalog we hope to build is intended to serve zine collections inside and outside the academy. The IPRC collection and community have had valuable input into this already, and into the development of ZineCore (the catalog's underlying metadata schema) and we'd love to continue that, if you're game. If this sounds like something you're interested in participating in or hearing more about, we'd love to talk more with you. Milo Miller at the Queer Zine Archive Project and Jenna Freedman at Barnard College have been the closest to this (CC-ed). Feel free to respond to any of us and we can share details on the project and on the next group call. Best, Joshua Barton Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services Asst. Head of Technical Services Michigan State University Libraries<http://www.lib.msu.edu/> 366 W. Circle Dr. W109 (4) E. Lansing, MI 48823 bartonjp@msu.edu<mailto:bartonjp@msu.edu> | 517-884-0826

Thanks, Joshua! Jenna Freedman | Associate Director of Communications & Zine Librarian Lehman 208 B | zines.barnard.edu | @barnlib <http://twitter.com/barnlib> | facebook.com/barnardlibrary she, her, hers <http://zines.barnard.edu> On Thu, Aug 27, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Barton, Joshua <bartonjp@mail.lib.msu.edu> wrote: > Hello fellow zine librarian! > > I’m reaching out on behalf of the Zine Librarian Interest Group > <http://zinelibraries.info/>, related to some groundwork we’re doing for > the development of a Zine Union Catalog: an online tool for wide discovery > of zines and zine collections in libraries, archives and other settings. > The group has been at it for the last three years (some of that involving > previous IPRC zine librarian Lillian). We’re hoping to expand our group to > include more DIY library perspectives, since the union catalog we hope to > build is intended to serve zine collections inside and outside the academy. > > The IPRC collection and community have had valuable input into this > already, and into the development of ZineCore (the catalog’s underlying > metadata schema) and we’d love to continue that, if you’re game. If this > sounds like something you’re interested in participating in or hearing more > about, we’d love to talk more with you. Milo Miller at the Queer Zine > Archive Project and Jenna Freedman at Barnard College have been the closest > to this (CC-ed). Feel free to respond to any of us and we can share details > on the project and on the next group call. > > Best, > > > > Joshua Barton > > Head of Cataloging & Metadata Services > > Asst. Head of Technical Services > > Michigan State University Libraries <http://www.lib.msu.edu/> > > 366 W. Circle Dr. W109 (4) > > E. Lansing, MI 48823 > > bartonjp@msu.edu | 517-884-0826 > > >