Lehman Library Zine LibGuide: Resources for Zine Librarians

Links to some great lesson plans to use when bringing zines into the classroom

Another great forum and website for zinesters and friends.

This is a Facebook group where zine librarians collaborate and share news. Pretty heavily trafficked; digest version available.

This annual conference is a great opportunity to connect with other zine librarians and get ideas for how to build, manage and share collections. This year it's in Boston on July 29-30th.

This is a space for zine librarians to share ideas and collaborate on projects together.

ZineWiki is an open-source encyclopedia devoted to zines and independent media. It covers the history, production, distribution and culture of the small press. You can find information here on specific zines - titles, authors, how long they ran, etc.

This is a great resource for subject terms not well covered by the Library of Congress Subject Headings. The subject terms in the Zine Thesaurus were selected by volunteer cataloguers at the Anchor Archive and compiled into a thesaurus by Amanda Stevens. You can send in your suggestions / proposed edits.

Can be useful for printing methods and other material or process considerations when cataloging zines and artists' books.

The subtitle of the book containing this chapter being Library and Information Skills in Social Justice Movements and Beyond, this essay is about informing and empowering library workers with subject expertise in zines (or another special collections area) to do their own cataloging.

(From the website):
"A union catalog is a resource where libraries can share cataloging and holdings information. The Zine Union Catalog (ZineCat) lets researchers discover zine holdings by searching a single catalog, and helps librarians copy catalog records to facilitate lending across libraries. ZineCat serves educators, researchers, librarians, archivists, and anyone in the general public with an interest in zines."