I'm interested in hearing from folks who offer space to display/share zines in their libraries, but do not catalogue or include them in their collections. 1. Do you have plans to start a collection? 2. If not, why? 3. Is this open access approach preferable for reasons other than not having the resources to individually catalogue/add them to your collections? We received a small donation of zines and aside from putting together an inspirational box of zines for students/teachers to borrow and browse/use in the library/classroom, which would be catalogues/searchable, we do not have the capacity to add individual zines/build a separate collection. I plan on displaying the remaining zines on a dedicated zine shelf for anyone to browse, borrow and return, based on the honour system for the duration of this year's pilot project. I may offer materials to label/organize zines/magazine folders as a way to encourage reflection/practice in information organization. Thanks! Fong Ku Reference + Learning Services Specialist Luke Lindoe Library P: 403.284.7667 fong.ku@auarts.ca<mailto:first.last@auarts.ca> Currently reading The Feminists among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in Library Leadership<https://auarts.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01AUOTA_INST/l6efd/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC5741906>. [cid:bf9f0cab-7fbd-4467-b949-6e6e6f55a441]<https://www.instagram.com/auarts.library/> Book an appointment with us here<https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/bookings_lukelindoelibrary@auarts.ca/bookings/> on MS Teams video or chat 😊. [cid:7cb6b476-81d1-4f6a-becd-3cf7cfa0ee2b] 1407 14 Avenue NW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4R3 www.auarts.ca<http://www.auarts.ca/> Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) is situated on the ancestral land of the Siksikaitsitapi – Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, Kainai, Piikani Nations and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda-Stoney which includes Bearspaw, Chiniki, Good Stoney Nations and also the home of the Métis Nation of District 5 and 6. The City of Calgary has long been called Moh’kins’tsis by the Siksikaitsitapi, Guts’ists’i by the Tsuut’ina, and Wîchîspa by the Nakoda. Disclaimer: This email is intended only for the person to whom it is addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any review, retransmission, dissemination or other use that a person other than the addressee makes of this communication is prohibited. _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

1. Do you have plans to start a collection?
2. If not, why?
3. Is this open access approach preferable for reasons other than not
having the resources to individually catalogue/add them to your collections?

Dear Fong Ku, I am not in your situation, but I hate to see a question to the list go unanswered! I hear you on capacity, but I hope at some point you can get allocated some labor hours to catalog the zines, even in the most minimal way. It saddens me to see zines treated as lesser than other materials in the library! That said, there is something freeing to it being a mostly unmediated organic collection, but I worry that it will start to look like the equivalent of Little Free Libraries, with their 20th century computer books and castoff novels by transphobes. Well, hopefully we won't see those exact situations in LF Zine Library! I'll be curious how it goes! With warmth, Jenna On Fri, Aug 16, 2024 at 4:36 PM Fong Ku <fong.ku@auarts.ca> wrote: > I'm interested in hearing from folks who offer space to display/share > zines in their libraries, but do not catalogue or include them in their > collections. > > 1. Do you have plans to start a collection? > 2. If not, why? > 3. Is this open access approach preferable for reasons other than not > having the resources to individually catalogue/add them to your collections? > > We received a small donation of zines and aside from putting together an > inspirational box of zines for students/teachers to borrow and browse/use > in the library/classroom, which would be catalogues/searchable, we do not > have the capacity to add individual zines/build a separate collection. I > plan on displaying the remaining zines on a dedicated zine shelf for anyone > to browse, borrow and return, based on the honour system for the duration > of this year's pilot project. I may offer materials to label/organize > zines/magazine folders as a way to encourage reflection/practice in > information organization. > > Thanks! > *Fong Ku* > Reference + Learning Services Specialist > Luke Lindoe Library > > P: 403.284.7667 > > fong.ku@auarts.ca <first.last@auarts.ca> > Currently reading The Feminists among Us: Resistance and Advocacy in > Library Leadership > <https://auarts.primo.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/01AUOTA_INST/l6efd/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC5741906> > . > > > <https://www.instagram.com/auarts.library/> > Book an appointment with us here > <https://outlook.office365.com/owa/calendar/bookings_lukelindoelibrary@auarts.ca/bookings/> on > MS Teams video or chat 😊. > > > > 1407 14 Avenue NW > > Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2N 4R3 > > > > *www.auarts.ca <http://www.auarts.ca/>* > > Alberta University of the Arts (AUArts) is situated on the ancestral land > of the Siksikaitsitapi – Blackfoot Confederacy which includes the Siksika, > Kainai, Piikani Nations and the shared territories of the Tsuut’ina Nation > as well as the Iyarhe Nakoda-Stoney which includes Bearspaw, Chiniki, Good > Stoney Nations and also the home of the Métis Nation of District 5 and 6. > The City of Calgary has long been called Moh’kins’tsis by the > Siksikaitsitapi, Guts’ists’i by the Tsuut’ina, and Wîchîspa by the Nakoda. > > > *Disclaimer: This email is intended only for the person to whom it is > addressed and may contain confidential and/or privileged material. Any > review, retransmission, dissemination or other use that a person other than > the addressee makes of this communication is prohibited.* > _______________________________________________ > ZineLibrarians mailing list > ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info > > http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info > -- Jenna Freedman | she, her Director of the Barnard Zine Library make an appointment <https://barnard.libcal.com/appointments/jenna-freedman> | https://is.gd/jennacalendar https://linktr.ee/barnardzinelibrary Fridays are dedicated cataloging days. I will respond to messages I receive on Fridays the following week. _______________________________________________ ZineLibrarians mailing list ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info http://lists.zinelibraries.info/listinfo.cgi/zinelibrarians-zinelibraries.info

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