That's super helpful, Matthew! Jenna On Thu, Jan 16, 2025 at 1:19 PM Matthew Murray <thematthewmurray@gmail.com> wrote: > UNLV's "gaming" collection is actually about gambling, so probably not > appropriate. (It is a confusingly named collection!) > > For zines about physical games, the Brian Sutton-Smith Library & Archives > of Play > <https://www.museumofplay.org/collections/brian-sutton-smith-library-archives-of-play/> > at the Strong Museum of Play <https://www.museumofplay.org/> might be > interested. They have a collection of video game fanzines > <https://www.museumofplay.org/blog/chris-kohler-fanzine-collection-documents-video-game-culture/> and > looking through their catalogue they have some other gaming zines and APAs > (including issues of the APA-DUD mentioned in the blog post you linked to). > > I don't have any contacts at the Strong Museum, but I can reach out to > them/some people to get contact info if that makes sense. > > Best, > Matthew > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2025 at 11:04, Jenna Freedman <jfreedma@barnard.edu> wrote: > >> A coworker asked on behalf of an affiliate who was active in SF and >> gaming fandom in the 70s who has been scanning (with an unidentified >> NYC-area librarian) their zines and APAs, it looks like, from the period >> over the last decade (see also >> https://argothald.com/2023/11/06/opening-the-trunks-part-2-apas) and is >> looking for an archival home for them. The originals may or may not be >> available. >> >> The coworker has some familiarity with fanzine archives, e.g., Riverside, >> Fullerton, BGSU, but is looking for our expert advice to share with the >> affiliate. Do any of you know of, have, or want a cache of gaming fanzines? >> UNLV has gaming materials, so would that make sense, @Matthew? >> >> Hugs, y'all! >> >> Jenna >> >> -- >> 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 >> > > > -- > Email: thematthewmurray@gmail.com > Twitter: @MidniteLibrary <https://twitter.com/midnitelibrary> > Website: thematthewmurray.weebly.com > Pronouns: He/They > > MLIS 2015, School of Library, Archival & Information Studies (SLAIS), UBC > > Listen to Book Club for Masochists: A Readers' Advisory Podcast > <http://bookclub4m.libsyn.com/>! > -- 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