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(un)intentional community: queer zines in an institutional context

(un)intentional community: queer zines in an institutional context. The Zine Collection at Barnard College presented by Jenna Freedman GLBT ALMS 2008. why zines?. Primary sources Under-documented subcultures Unmediated rendition Print culture Zine community.

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(un)intentional community: queer zines in an institutional context

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  1. (un)intentional community: queer zines in an institutional context The Zine Collection at Barnard College presented by Jenna Freedman GLBT ALMS 2008

  2. why zines? • Primary sources • Under-documented subcultures • Unmediated rendition • Print culture • Zine community

  3. What's so gay about Barnard's collection? What I'm doing here • Queer and trans zines • Academic library collection • Community building • Zine Librarians Yahoo! Group • Zine Libraries website • Zine reviews column in Library Journal

  4. collection basics: scope • Self-identified women • Urban • Women of color • Riot grrrl/third-wave feminism

  5. collection basics: access • Cataloged in OPAC • Archives • Approximately 1380 titles (5/2/08) • Paged to reference or used in archives • Stacks • 809 issues (5/2/08) • Open stacks • Circulate • ILL • Non Barnard/Columbia affiliates by appointment

  6. contact and links Barnard • http://barnard.edu/library/zines • http://barnardzines.livejournal.com • zines@barnard.edu, 212.854.4615, IM BarnardLibJenna • http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm#cite Other resources • http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians • http://zinelibraries.info • http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/zinesnotblogs.htm • http://jenna.openflows.com/talks/2008/glbtalms

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