Zine Librarians (un)Conference in Seattle, March 14-15

Zine librarians, collectors and creators are invited to the Richard Hugo House and the Zine Archive and Publishing Project for two days of discussion and presentation centered around the collecting and organizing of zines; be they in libraries, archives, infoshops, basements, or living rooms.

Blending a traditional conference with the Unconference model, this gathering will be participatory and open. Workshops will be scheduled, and discussions of cataloging, organizing and promoting zine collections are expected, among other topics. All members of the zine community, including non-librarians, are invited to join in and take part.

An outline of events and further information is available on the event’s wiki: http://seattle-zine-unconference.wikispaces.com/ Please visit the wiki to register your attendance, help plan the events, and volunteer.

SAVE THE DATE:

March 14 and 15, 2009
10 am – 5 pm
Location: Zine Archive Publishing Project (ZAPP) at The Richard Hugo House
1634 11th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
206-322-7030

The event is FREE, but there may be a small, voluntary donation for food and/or materials.

TO REGISTER:

To register to attend the (un)conference and join the discussion, visit the wiki: http://seattle-zine-unconference.wikispaces.com/Register

REGISTER DEADLINE: March 6th, Friday.

READ YOUR ZINE!

7pm March 14th at Cafe Allegro (1408 NE 42nd Street,between University Way and 15th Ave). Join zine creators, readers and librarians in this celebration of self-publishing. If you’d like to read, please sign up here!

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS:

If you are interested in leading a one-hour workshop during the conference, please submit the following information by creating a page for it on this wiki and listing it on the proposals page by Friday, February 28th, 2009:

  1. The title of your workshop
  2. Your name and a very brief biography of all workshop leaders (1-3 sentences each)
  3. A brief (100 word) summary of topics you would address
  4. Any tools, equipment or technology that would be required
  5. Add your proposal to this list:
  6. Proposals
  7. And then create a page for it (You’ll need to be logged into the wiki to do so) and link to it. (As in the example of Zine Anatomy)

Guidelines for workshops: We are interested in hosting workshops that will be informational, how-to’s and describe a task, skill or scheme that another zine library would find useful. This could be hands-on, or a presentation of what your library has done well. Note: This is a call only for workshops that require extensive pre-planning, are practical in nature, or require specific materials. We will also have facilitated discussions at the conference, but those will be selected at the conference itself. List of potential discussion topics. Please add yours!

For more information about the Zine Librarians (Un)Conference, contact: Alycia Sellie, alyciasellie@gmail.com

Zine Librarian Meetup at ALA Annual 2007

Breakwells CoffeeThe zine libraries interest group met at ALA Annual 2007 in Washington DC. We met at Breakwells Coffee, a cute little coffee shop across the street from the Washington, DC convention Center. The service was A + Excellent! The owner waited on our tables, regardless of the long lunch line. Because we had made a reservation to use the facility for a meeting, the owner wanted us to have top service!

The primary topic of interest was the zine libraries web site. We planned out the pages that would be needed on the web site, discussed concerns, and then assigned content for development.

Below are some notes from the meeting, in rich Text format:

alaannual2007zligmeeting.rtf