Hi all
In other communities I am part of Telegram has proved to be a good tool to
use. It does have a bit more "immediacy" than an email list does (and you
do have to go and check it outside of just checking your email) but it does
have the function like Slack to allow a group to have various topics.
Kassi
On Friday, June 26, 2026 at 01:57:32 PM GMT+10, C Fastwolf <
cfastwolf@hotmail.com> wrote:
I think it's great to have a place to refer new zine librarians to, for
advice and community.
I also think it's good for us in these specific times (both due to
politics and climate/disaster related stuff), to have a way to reach out to
each other and to communicate.
Is there currently any other zine librarian online location where people
can connect?
I'm on several writers' groups that migrated from Facebook to Slack. Slack
allows a group to have various topics, so as writers we have things like
General, News, Publishing, Rants, etc. It notifies you when there's a new
post. I don't know anything about how it was set up or how it is monitored.
From: ZineLibrarians zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info
on behalf of Jenna Freedman jfreedma@barnard.edu
Sent: Thursday, June 25, 2026 3:35 PM
To: ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
zinelibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
Subject: [Zine Librarians] email list migrating
Hi All,
Our email and website host, Dream Host, is no longer supporting email
lists. We'll migrate this list sometime before the cutoff on July 21
(International Zine Libraries Day lol).
I pay for the web hosting and so am sort of an involuntary sysadmin with
much needed support from Milo and Joanna. Do any of you have thoughts and
feelings about where this list should move (not Google)? Traffic here has
slowed down considerably. Should we consider dropping the email list
altogether?
Your opinions and expertise are wanted and welcome!
Jenna
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Director of the Barnard Zine Library
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For existing spaces there are:
Reddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/zinelibraries/
Discord (Zines & GLAM: Galleries, Libraries, Archives, Museums):
https://discord.gg/4ZjFE7VZx7
I believe Slack removes access to messages after 90 days unless you have a
paid plan.
Best,
Matthew
On Thu, 25 Jun 2026 at 22:54, Kassi Grace <kassigrace@y7mail.com> wrote:
> Hi all
>
> In other communities I am part of Telegram has proved to be a good tool to
> use. It does have a bit more "immediacy" than an email list does (and you
> do have to go and check it outside of just checking your email) but it does
> have the function like Slack to allow a group to have various topics.
>
> Kassi
>
> On Friday, June 26, 2026 at 01:57:32 PM GMT+10, C Fastwolf <
> cfastwolf@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> I think it's great to have a place to refer new zine librarians to, for
> advice and community.
> I also think it's good for us in these specific times (both due to
> politics and climate/disaster related stuff), to have a way to reach out to
> each other and to communicate.
>
> Is there currently any other zine librarian online location where people
> can connect?
> I'm on several writers' groups that migrated from Facebook to Slack. Slack
> allows a group to have various topics, so as writers we have things like
> General, News, Publishing, Rants, etc. It notifies you when there's a new
> post. I don't know anything about how it was set up or how it is monitored.
> ------------------------------
> *From:* ZineLibrarians <zinelibrarians-bounces@lists.zinelibraries.info>
> on behalf of Jenna Freedman <jfreedma@barnard.edu>
> *Sent:* Thursday, June 25, 2026 3:35 PM
> *To:* ZineLibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info <
> zinelibrarians@lists.zinelibraries.info>
> *Subject:* [Zine Librarians] email list migrating
>
> Hi All,
>
> Our email and website host, Dream Host, is no longer supporting email
> lists. We'll migrate this list sometime before the cutoff on July 21
> (International Zine Libraries Day lol).
>
> I pay for the web hosting and so am sort of an involuntary sysadmin with
> much needed support from Milo and Joanna. Do any of you have thoughts and
> feelings about where this list should move (not Google)? Traffic here has
> slowed down considerably. Should we consider dropping the email list
> altogether?
>
> Your opinions and expertise are wanted and welcome!
>
> 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
>
> *Note: My last day at Barnard will be 6/30. After that time you can reach
> me at leslzine@gmail.com <leslzine@gmail.com>. *
>
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