We’ll have lanyards for people to indicate their comfort with having their picture taken:

smiley face print = photos okay

rainbow print = ask first

paw print = no photos

There will be an expectation that people won’t always be able to be exempt from group / overview shots. Folks who don’t want to be recognized might further cover their face or wear make-up. Remember–we’ll pretty much all be wearing KN95 masks anyway.

New York University photos will be shared with ZLuC attendees before any decision is made to post them to social media (like Instagram or Facebook).

After the opening plenary on Saturday, we will pose for a group photo before retreating to the first sessions.  If you don’t want to be in the photo, feel free to hurry off to the first session.

Meeting Roles: Facilitator

Thanks for volunteering in this role! Your job is to:

Help assign roles

• Make sure you have a vibe-watcher, note-taker, and time-keeper. Agree on signals to alert you on things like time checks.

Help shape a plan for your group’s time together.

• You might do a round of brief introductions or have people introduce themselves when they speak.
• Ask people to share what they hope to get from your time together to generate a list of topics or questions

Conversation Flow

• Call on people who raise hands to speak, and keep a “stack” (order of speakers). Vibe-Watcher can help.
• Encourage (but don’t require) quieter folks to contribute; ask frequent contributors to hold comments to allow others to speak.
• Keep the conversation on topic: “Thanks for that observation, comrade. Let’s come back to that after we address the current question.”
  You can add to the conversation, but your main task is to maintain flow. Silence and pauses are ok.

Meeting Roles: Timekeeper

Thanks for volunteering in this role! Your job is to:

• Note when the session is supposed to begin and end. Schedule: https://bit.ly/zluc2024
• Use a timer to make sure the session wraps up at or before the scheduled time. This usually means pausing the conversation about 5 minutes early.
• Agree on a signal (holding up a hand) for time checks.
  Sometimes sessions break into small groups for part of the discussion, so you will keep time for those as well.
• Bonus vibe/facilitating duties: If a particular person or conversation topic are taking up most of the time, support the facilitator in offering a time check.
  Example: “Comrade, I note that we have about 15 minutes left, and we haven’t had a chance to discuss [topic].”
• Keeping to time in shared programs is a feminist and generous practice. Thank you for helping with this!

Meeting Roles: Note Taker

Thanks for volunteering in this role! Your job is to:

• Take notes in the shared document about topics, ideas, and questions that arise during your session.
• Notes pages linked from here: https://bit.ly/zluc2024
• Note taking is NOT transcription– you don’t have to capture every word.
• More than one person can take notes!
• It’s fine to type into the shared doc as you go, or take notes offline (or even, gasp, by hand) and add later.
• Ask before adding identifying info.
• It’s ok to ask for clarification or extra details but it’s better to let the conversation flow than to worry about getting perfect notes.
• If “action items” come up (anything your group wants to make happen after the session, such as questions to address, zines to make, friendship bracelets to trade), please read them back out before the end of the session to make sure tasks are assigned if needed.

Meeting Roles: Vibe-Watcher

Thanks for volunteering in this role! Your job is to:

• Support conversation flow by helping facilitator maintain the order of speakers (“stacking”).
• Stay tuned to potential conflict, tensions, or frustrations that arise. For example: tense body language (arms crossed), miscommunication, raised voices, aggression or disrespect, personal or negative comments, disruptive side conversations.
• Work with the group to address tensions directly if needed, or redirect conversations if appropriate.
• If you perceive tiredness or low energy, like people getting antsy in their seats, it’s ok to suggest a group stretch or breathing. We are already awkward.
• Invite any latecomers to settle in and catch them up.
• You don’t have to make sure everyone is happy and having an amazing time.

Anyone in a session can call on the Care Team if needed. Info will be on cards in each room.

Housing Details:

Residence hall housing will be available at New York University’s Palladium Hall.  UPDATED Housing dates are Thursday 8/1 (check in) through Tuesday 8/6 (check out), but you can also check out on Sunday 8/4 or Monday 8/5 and/or check in Friday 8/2.  Please note that  you must stay in housing Friday and Saturday nights at the very least.    

• This hall is located approximately 0.5 miles (0.8 km) from Washington Square Park ~15-20 minutes away
• Next to Union Square Subway Station – access to N/Q/R, 4/5/6, and L trains, as well as buses
• Palladium Hall Fact Sheet (PDF on Google Drive)

Please indicate if you are interested in this option on the registration form and we will contact you separately about registration and payment after the June 14 housing interest deadline.  You will be added to the resident hall reservation list and payment will be collected separately from ZLuC registration fees, and paid to NYU.

The cost is $130/night for a single. If you’re housing with your partner, it will be $170/night ($85/per person for a shared room).  NYU allows spouses that are attending the conference together to share rooms by having each participant reserve a shared space instead of a single space. The nightly rate for a shared space is $85 a night per person. This means that the housing cost of the participant and their spouse would be $170 per night.

The dorm style is multi-bedroom apartment suites. Each suite will have seven to nine single bedrooms (unless you’re staying with your partner), multiple bathrooms, a kitchen, and a large common area.  Palladium Hall Floor Plan (PDF on Google Docs),

• Participants will be placed in multi-bedroom apartment suites. Each suite will have 7 to 9 single bedrooms, multiple bathrooms, a kitchen, and a large common area.
• All NYU residence halls are fully furnished and linens are included. Each resident is provided with a twin XL bed and mattress, a desk, a desk chair, a dresser, and a closet or wardrobe. Common areas may include furniture like sofas, chairs, and dining tables
• Attendees will have the support of full-time residential staff who are on hand to help students access the resources they need.
  • Resource Center: 
    • Supervised by residential hall staff, where residents can pick up free materials such as toilet paper, trash bags, and cleaning supplies if needed, as well as make general inquiries.

Registration for housing:

Housing registration closes on Friday, June 14.

email Lauren Kehoe at lsrkthelibrarian@gmail.com if you are interested in housing beyond the ZLuC registration deadline (Friday 6/14) and she will share additional details with how to confirm housing.

Housing payment:

Housing payment is due no later than Friday, 8/2, but paying before is welcome.

1. Pay via Eventbrite, which takes credit cards. This option comes with a fee to use and the price of the fee is included in the “ticket” cost. There are two options to choose–a two-night stay or a three-night stay. You must stay in housing Friday and Saturday nights, but you can add on a Thursday, Sunday, OR Monday night stay as well. Please indicate the duration of your stay on the housing form that Lauren shared via email.
2. Pay Lauren via Venmo which will not include a fee. Contact Lauren at lsrkthelibrarian@gmail.com to receive Venmo details. In the note, indicate that it’s for ZLuC (and if your full name is not clear from your username, please also include that in the note–I’ll need this information to match with registration details).
3. Pay me via a personal check that can be sent to my home address. The check should be made out to NYU. If you choose this option, indicate it on the form, and I will follow up directly to share my address.

We want to acknowledge to our community that there’s been a heightened police and security presence on New York University’s campus over the past spring semester and it remains into the summer.  In April, the NYU administration responded to protests by pro-Palestinian members of the NYU community with an unprecedented show of force by members of the New York Police Department (NYPD). While the NYPD’s presence has abated over the last few weeks since classes have ended, NYU Campus Safety has positioned more guards and private security outside of Bobst Library (University administration is within the library building and this is where ZLuC 2024 will be held).  

The ZLuC organizers met with the core volunteer team to discuss this and the group decided that, while we had significant concerns, our community was in support of continuing the event so that we can be together to learn and reflect. We hope that ZLuC will be an opportunity to engage with the meaningful work of building relationships which allow us to more identify and oppose oppressive structures. This work includes thoughtfully bringing zines into libraries as well as the larger task of confronting unjust structures within librarianship and beyond. We want to consider ways we might understand how this is not “business as usual” and what we, as a community, can do to disrupt the mechanisms that allow for genocides to occur and for the ongoing censorship and limits to academic freedom and engagement that have resulted in response to world events. 

We will invite ZLuC participants to engage in discussion during the event to provide space for reflection and developing action plans. There will be a community of care team on site who will be responsible for ensuring that attendees feel safe and supported during the event. They will prioritize de-escalation of any incidents and will do everything possible to avoid involving NYU Campus Safety or NYPD. We welcome any concerns or questions via email to the ZLuC email list:  zluc2024@zinelibraries.info or Lauren Kehoe at lsk221@nyu.edu.

ZLuC 2024 COVID Policy

Amid an ongoing airborne pandemic, we strongly encourage mask usage during indoor portions of the unconference. Free KN95 masks will be made available to attendees upon arrival.

If possible, test for COVID before arriving on-site and upon returning home from the ZLuC. If you test positive beforehand, or are experiencing symptoms of what could be COVID, please do not come to the unconference and risk infecting others, even if you think it might be “just a cold” or “allergies.” If you test positive after the unconference, please email any of the unconference organizers and inform them of your positive status so they can inform other attendees. If you are unable to attend due to illness, your registration fees will be refunded upon request.

Indoors and outdoors at the unconference, please be mindful of your physical distance to other attendees. Mask usage will be optional outdoors at ZLuC. Some presenters at the unconference may prefer that you mask, and we ask that you respect their wishes. 

At Bobst Library, windows can’t be opened. However, doors can be opened to increase air flow. There are three air filters* that are mobile and available; one remains in the library’s sensory space. In addition, CO2 monitors will be used during indoor sessions to keep track of air quality.

Our COVID policy is intended to keep ZLuC attendees healthy and to foster inclusivity, allowing all to enjoy the unconference with decreased risk of transmission. ZLuC organizers have the right to ask any attendee violating our COVID policy to adjust their behavior or leave the unconference for the sake of community care. We keep us safe.

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*More detailed info about the air filters and cleaning procedures at NYU:

• The three portable air filters each purify 1,748 square feet every 60 minutes.
• Everyday cleaning protocols include detailed cleaning of the lobby, mezzanine and gallery (furniture, tables, carpeting), all restrooms, and all common areas and offices.
• Five air quality monitors will also be used during ZLuC: “3-in-1 Air Quality Monitor CO2 Temp Moisture 400-5000PPM Carbon Dioxide Detector.”

ZLuC 2024 Code of Conduct

The Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC) is a safer space, which means that it is intended to be a welcoming, engaging, and supportive environment free of oppressive actions, behaviors, and language. Participants are asked to consider how their language and behavior impacts others in attendance.

Harassing or abusive language or behavior will not be tolerated at ZLuC, including but not limited to:

• Racism, sexism, classism, ableism, homophobia, transphobia, misogyny, and all other forms of discrimination
• Sexual harassment, stalking, or intimidation
• Inappropriate physical contact
• Disruptive or disrespectful behavior
• Action or language that makes other participants feel unwelcome or unsafe

Participants asked to stop any harassing behavior are expected to comply immediately.

Should an issue arise with a participant before the event, ZLuC organizers will listen to concerns and attempt to find a non-carceral solution that is in the best interests of the community and the event being a safer space. ZLuC organizers reserve the right to limit attendance to the event for any reason.

Should an issue arise with a participant during the fest, ZLuC organizers will be available to mediate on-site and attempt to find a solution. ZLuC organizers reserve the right to ask any participants who are violating the safer space policy to change or address their unsafe behavior or language, or to leave the event. If you are being harassed, notice that someone else is being harassed, or have any other concerns, please notify one of the ZLuC organizers immediately.

We expect participants to follow these rules at all ZLuC event venues, including social events.

The ZLuC 2024 call for proposals ended April 30th. The information below is being saved for posterity (and maybe future ZLuC discussions!).

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The Programming Brigade is loving the proposals so far, and has some ideas to encourage folks to sign up to share.

Instruction/Outreach-themed Session Ideas

• Zine syllabi for college courses– have you taught or participated in a semester-long course focused on zines? Share your syllabi!
• One-shot shares– do you teach with zines in any kind of setting where you only get about an hour with the learners? Bring your strategies/activities, like Zine-go, Six Degrees of Kathleen Hanna [this is a made-up exercise that doesn’t exist yet], or  others to share and discuss.
• My favorite student-created zine– In theory, if you are working with instructors whose students create zines, they should be sharing some of the outcomes with you. (just a thought!) Bring your favorite student-created zine to admire and celebrate.
• Wholesome Zines for Youths– Do you work with folks under 18 and want to spread the joy of zines without cusses or explicit content? What strategies do you have, and what kinds of zines do you share? Help build a kid-friendly reading list! Bring a copy or two if you have good ones to share! This session is about centering kids’ interests and comfort levels, not censoring the content.

Zine-making WITH technology –

• Milo from QZAP will talk about using Adobe InDesign for zine layout.
• Do you use Canva?
• Google docs? Some unnamed third thing? Share your tips?

Eff the System- Strategies for zine libraries in repressive times 

• Are you a library worker facing threats and repercussions related to zines in your library, content of zines, activism related to zines, or other repression of political expression?
• Share your stories and strategies; ask for help and ideas for supporting vulnerable library workers/libraries; how to support library users; supporting zine creators
• Proactive ways to use zines in libraries as sites of resistance
• Strategies for not getting in trouble while using zines as political speech

Brag-a-thon / Rag-a-thon 

• Did you do something awesome? Share how u done it good.
• Did you fail spectacularly or have regrets? Share how u might do it differently. Getting things wrong is how we learn together!

The 2024 ZLuC BIPOC Travel Grant application closed May 1. Awardees will be notified the week of May 13th, 2024.

Violet Fox will be organizing donations to support this fund, so please consider a contribution.  Violet can be found at:

• Paypal: @violetbfox  direct link: paypal.me/violetbfox
• Venmo: @violetfox
• Cashapp: $violetbfox

Please mention “ZLUC” in the notes! If you’d like to arrange an alternate form of payment, email violetfox@gmail.com

Award Winners:

• Marya Errin Jones (she/her/hers); PhD Candidate, American Studies, Fall 2024 University of New Mexico
• Jinxuan (Jenny) Ma (she/her); Associate Professor School of Library and Information Management, Emporia State University
• Momo Mullings (any pronouns); Black Zine Archive
• Kika W. L. Van Robays 文詠玲 (they/them);  PhD Cultural Studies https://www2.crs.cuhk.edu.hk/mpcs/postgraduate-students/ Department of Cultural and Religious Studies Room 320, 3/F Leung Kau Kui Building, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
• Andrea Serna (she/her/ella); previously a Graduate Student at the iSchool at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and a Graduate Assistant at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign library, but I graduated and stopped working there in May, as of July, Student Success Librarian at Tufts University
• argel camacho (they); Archivo de Fanzines de Aguascalientes (Zines Archive of Aguascalientes), a small self-managed non-institutional archive that collects zines in our state. In Aguascalientes, México
• G McFarland (he/they); MS student in Library and Information Science at Simmons University and former archivist for the Digital Transgender Archive,currently working on Southern Queer and Trans archival projects with Invisible Histories.
• Ari Jauregui (he/him); Library assistant for Santa Cruz Public Libraries, MLIS graduate student at SJSU, and member of REFORMA.
• Dominique A Dozier (she/her); ALA Emerging Leader 2024, BCALA -Black Caucus of the American Library Association, CLBC – California Librarians Black Caucus

The Zine Librarians unConference community is overwhelmingly in support of charging a registration fee so that organizers can have a realistic sense of attendance, as well as to fund the BIPOC travel grant [link to come] and other unconference costs.

Based on discussions held at an “all-staff” meeting (to which all ZLuC volunteers were invited), we have determined that the lowest recommended registration fee will be $10. (Email the organizers if that amount is prohibitive!)

This is our recommended sliding scale. (We’re not going to audit your books!)

Conference coordinators Gina, Jenna, and Lauren will share expenses and spending reports to the group at regular intervals and by request (with some lead time). Any funds left over at the end of the event will be used for travel grants for ZLuC 2025.

Introduction

The impetus to update how the (un)conference is run is that zine librarianship has evolved substantially since the first ZLuC, which was held in 2009. Zine librarians and archivists have discussed and enacted programs, instruction, cataloging, etc., based on these last 15 years’ worth of informal events. We’d like to keep the open spirit of the unconference alive by blending proposals as warranted (no proposal will be rejected) and playing program jenga at the beginning of the conference so people can attempt to attend as many of their priority sessions as possible.

Therefore, we will issue a call for proposals and, with a volunteer subcommittee, develop a tentative schedule. That schedule will be subject to reorganization by local and remote attendees. If interest warrants, we will also arrange for “birds of a feather” meetings for people who prefer discussion-based sessions.

Friday, August 2, 2023

Afternoon: Totally optional, only-small-groups-can-even-be-accommodated visits to:

• Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture
• Riot Grrrl collection at New York University

Saturday, August 3, 2023

Full day, something like 9:30-5, leaving a good amount of time in the beginning for introducing the event, how it will work, breaking the ice, and adjusting or affirming the schedule.

Saturday evening: possible zine reading, maybe at Bluestockings?

Sunday, August 4, 2023

Half day, something like 9:30-1. Hack sessions

• Zine Librarians Code of Ethics (honestly this could be the only hack, with 6-8 section groups)
• ZineWiki
• ?

Wrap-up

Afternoon visits to:

• MoRUS (Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space)
• ABC No Rio
• Barnard Zine Library
• Interference Archive

All programs (besides tours) will take place in the Bobst Library at NYU.
All the notes pages in one place.

Strikethroughs indicate folks who couldn’t make it. 🙁

NYU Guest Wifi
user: 828
password: eARx^$#t

Friday, August 2, 2024 – notes document

• Dorm check-in (Details will be emailed to dorm folks)
• Suggested evening activities, 8pm-ish (These outings are not organized and don’t have point people; dorm folks should get a button and/or sticker if you want to wear something identifiable, or conspicuously carry a zine or a stapler.)
  • Karaoke at Karaoke Sing Sing, 81 Avenue A
  • Drinking without the singing Bookclub Bar, 197 East 3rd St.
  • Drinking without the alcohol Hekate Cafe & Elixir Lounge, 167 Avenue B

Saturday, August 3, 2024 –

Note: A quiet room (613) and a craft/zine-making room (411) will be available all day. notes document

9am-9:30am: Breakfast (2nd Floor North Reading Room)

9:30am-10:05am: Opening and Welcome (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document

10:05am-10:15am: Break / room-finding

10:15am-11:30am: Session 1

• 1A- Academic libraries lightning talks (room 745) notes document – moderator: Kelly Wooten
  • Zine Machine: overview of a semester-long zine seminar at Alfred University / Kevin Adams & Sara Kramer
  • Organizing the Reed Zine Fest at Reed College / A’misa Chiu & Chloe Van Stralendorff
  • Creating a queer comics research zine at Virginia Commonwealth University / Heather Winn
  • Creative risks in the classroom: incorporating creative risks in classroom zine assignments in a college course / Zorianna Zurba
  • Reflections on a quasi-sabbatical on zine instruction and cataloging at Michigan State University / Joshua Barton
  • Zine class syllabi / Lauren Ksa & Kelly McElroy
• 1B- Collecting and organizing lightning talks (room 743) notes document – moderator: Lauren Kehoe
  • The 309 Punk Project in Pensacola, FL / Britt McGowan & Seth Mattei
  • Brooklyn Public Library’s Zine Box Program / Emma Eriksson
  • Using e-zines to organize the Salt Lake City Public Library Workers United / Michelle Cao, Ivy Smith, Christina Ordoñez & Esther Daranciang
  • Processing grief, documenting personal histories, and building community at zine swaps organized by a zine distro / Rachel Simanjuntak
• 1C- Collecting and archives panel (room 619) notes document – moderator: Destinee Thom
  • Challenges and strategies of preserving and promoting a DIY zine archive in a conservative community in Aguascalientes, Mexico / Argel Camacho Sánchez
  • The political frameworks influencing zine culture and its intersection with knowledge production, drawing on Factsheet Five / Izabeau
  • The difficulties of cataloging zines: highlighting the clash between traditional cataloging principles and the free-spirited nature of zines at the Schlesinger Library, Harvard / Jonathan Tuttle
• 1D- MarcEdit Workshop (room 617) notes document – moderator: Jenna Freedman
  • A brief overview of MarcEdit for cataloging zines and a demo on how to use it for creating MARC records from a spreadsheet of data / Rhonda Kauffman

11:30-11:45: Break (2nd Floor North Reading Room)

11:45-1pm: Session 2

• 2A- Outreach and workshops lightning talks (room 745) notes document – moderator: Sharaya
  
  • The Anchor Archive Zine Library’s updating of their Zine Thesaurus through an Editorial Collective / Violet Fox & Susan Hallgren
  • Using collaborative zines to foster community in one-shot workshops / Carolina Hernandez
  • Tips on mini-zine creation, using digital tools like Google Draw and Adobe apps for visual impact / Marya Errin Jones
  • Fostering public library engagement with subcultural community via zine fests, a monthly zine, and more / Meg Nance Coker
  • Pocket zines as tools for advocacy / Jessica De Jesus Rodriguez
  • Building zine community with zine-making challenges at an academic library / Madeline Veitch
  • Zines and the museum: dissemination of information for the digital age / Heather Winn
  • An update on DePaul University’s “Zines to Prisoners” program / Derek Potts
• 2B- Radical collecting lightning talks (room 743) notes document – moderator: A’misa Chiu
  • Collecting and programming with Indigenous zines at Harvard / Julie Fiveash
  • Insights on creating literary zines with the New York Public Library Zine Committee / Whitney Davidson-Rhodes & Tabrizia Jones
  • Queer/ing zines as a practice of collective trans-formation / Kika W. L. Van Robays
  • The significance of the black zine archive project / Momo Mullings
  • Establishing a zine collection at University of Colorado, Colorado Springs with a grant from the Radical Librarianship Institute / Liz Brown
  • Combating archival silence by documenting female and non-binary skateboarding zines from the 1980s-1990s / Natalie Porter
• 2C- Latine Zine Futures panel (room 413) notes document – moderator: Kelly McElroy
  • Latine Zine Futures: three zinesters share their experiences as Latine zine makers, considering the significance of their zine creation work, the afterlives of their zines in the world, and elements of the zine scene / Pau Venadito, Veronica Melendez & Marisol Silva Pilares
• 2D- Building community and Subverting educational institutions panel (room 619) notes document – moderator: Gina Murrell
  • How underrepresented students can find empowerment in higher education through zine research, DIY culture, and “nontraditional” scholarship / Andrea Serna & Easton Brundage
  • Community building through zine workshops: collecting and preserving ephemera that capture the student experience / Brittany Newberry & Charlene Martoni
  • The FLUKE Mini-Comics & Zine Festival Archive / Kathryn Manis, Mandy Mastrovita & Robert Newsome

1pm-2pm: Lunch (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document

• Zine Lunch Provided: Interest Group, Introvert Time &/or Mingle
• Interest Group: Black Zines and Zinesters (743 or Outdoors)

2:00pm-3:15pm: Session 3

• 3A- Punk Music in Libraries panel (room 743) notes document – moderator: Sharaya
  • Punk music in libraries: live music events at libraries to promote zine culture / Ziba Pérez, Sara Pete, Chloe Van Stralendorff, Lorena Villegas, A’misa Chiu
• 3B- Workshop comparing MARC, ZAPP and ZineCore (room 745) notes document – moderator: Kelly Wooten
  
  • Catalog along with me, the best is yet to be!: Three catalogers cataloged the same zines with MARC, ZAPP and ZineCore standards; now they compare decisions and discuss for your enjoyment / Joshua Barton, Violet Fox, Milo Miller
• 3C- Interest Groups: Breakout discussion sessions on instruction! (room 619) notes document – moderator: Jenna Freedman
• 3D- Pre-recorded session viewing (room 413) notes document – moderator: Lauren Ksa
  • Zines as a method of gentle/non-violent creative practice / Charlie Anne
  • Zine letters as a form to share remembrances during Día de los Muertos / Lily De La Fuente
  • Documenting community stories with the Bad Internet Librarians Collective / Arya Natarajan

3:15pm-4pm Wrap up Saturday Sessions (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document

6pm-8pm Zine Reading P&T Knitwear, 180 Orchard Street notes document
Emcee: Emma Karin Eriksson. Readers include: Amber McCrary, Kika Van Robays, Jonathan Tuttle, Jennifer LaSuprema, Pau Venadito, Alice Wynne

Sunday, August 4, 2024

Note: A quiet room (613) and a craft/zine-making room (411) will be available all day.

9am-9:30am Coffee and Tea (2nd Floor North Reading Room)

9:30-10:15 Morning Welcome (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document

10:15-11am Session 4- Interest Groups

Each group will designate a facilitator, note taker, vibe-watcher and timekeeper

• 4A: Libraries by Type (Public, Independent-led by Claudia Acosta, Archives) (Find a spot in 745 or North Reading Room or Outdoors) notes document
• 4B: Cataloging (743) notes document
• 4C: Collecting (619) notes document
• 4D: Outreach and Programming (413) notes document

11am-11:15am Break

11:15-12pm Session 5: Introduction to the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document – led by Madeline Veitch, Milo Miller, Joshua Barton, Rhonda Kauffman, and Jenna Freedman

• This session will offer a history of the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics and introduce plans for updating this classic resource. Sections and interest areas will be created and attendees will sort into working groups.

12-1pm Lunch (2nd Floor North Reading Room)

• Zine Lunch Provided: Interest Groups, Introvert time and/or Mingle
• Interest Groups
  • De-centering the US (743)
  • Zines for Youth (619)
  • Zines & Archives (413)

1pm-2:45 Session 6: Zine Librarians Code of Ethics Working Groups notes document

• Working Groups will be created and assigned rooms
  1. Access
  2. Acquisitions
  3. Community Care
  4. Digitization
  5. Instruction
  6. International
  7. Maintenance
  8. Organization / Cataloging
  9. Physical Processing
  10. Preamble
  11. Preservation
  12. Use/Reuse/Copyright/Fair Use
  13. School Libraries
  14. Shelving
  15. Wranglers

Breakout groups:

1. Expand Preamble to include a statement of purpose on community care and statement of who librarians are 2nd floor
2. Digitization 743
3. International concerns 413
4. Labor: volunteering, horizontal power, naming that non-MLIS holders are zine librarians, challenges from coworkers. Define what we mean by “zine librarian” 745
5. Expand preservation to include stewardship, succession planning 2nd floor
6. Challenges, bans, self-censorship 619
7. Add shelving and accessibility concerns to Acq and Preservation sections 2nd floor
8. Teaching (was worked on in 2022)

2:45-3pm Break

3-3:45pm Closing Plenary (2nd Floor North Reading Room) notes document

6:00pm Zine Library Tours notes document

• ABC No Rio – Claudia Acosta (the building is closed for renovation)
• Barnard College – Claudia Acosta, Jenna Freedman (two tours)
  accessible to people with mobility issues
• Interference Archive – Lou Hines
• Museum of Reclaimed Urban Space – John Harris
  stairs at the entrance and one floor of the space can be reached only by stairs
• Pratt Institute – Holly Wilson

The call for proposals closed April 30th. Responses will be shared with those who submitted proposals by June 3rd.

We would love your participation in this year’s 2024 Zine Librarians unConference (New York City) on August 3rd and 4th at NYU. https://www.zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-nyc-2024

***The programming working group will endeavor to accept every proposal made***. We may combine proposals if they cover similar topics or to make a miscellaneous panel with proposals that don’t overlap. *

We will consider proposals for remotely facilitated sessions, as well as in-person.  To further define “remotely facilitated sessions,” we are going to offer up to five pre-recorded sessions and will host them online a few days before, during, and after ZLuC.  On the day’s of the unConference, we will set times for the recordings to be viewed together and are hoping that the presenter(s) will be available to zoom in for a Q&A if they are not on site.

People may make as many proposals as they like, but we will limit presenters to two (2) sessions total so that we hear from a wider variety of zine librarians.

Proposals are due on April 30, 2024, and responses will be given by June 3rd. We will ask you to confirm your acceptance by June 15.

*(unless the consensus is that the topic is inappropriate for whatever reason, like any kind of bigotry)

For transparency’s sake, the programming committee, who will be deciding on the proposals consists of: A’misa Chiu, Jenna Freedman, Joshua Barton, Kelly Wooten, Libby Coyner, and Sharaya O. We will ask for additional feedback from people holding a wider range of identities, as needed.

Graphic by Gina Murrell

The 2024 Zine Librarians unConference

ZLuC 2024 happened at New York University’s Bobst Library Saturday and Sunday August 3rd and 4th. The below information is preserved for future reference.

Attendees at ZLuC 2024. Photography by Weiwei Lin

photography by Weiwei Lin

photography by Weiwei Lin

photography by Weiwei Lin

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Find the ZLuC 2024 zine, featuring details about the schedule, insider tips, food and bookstore recommendations, and more.

The notes from this year’s ZLuC sessions are also available.

Please read our statement on the heightened security and police presence on NYU’s campus.

There will be virtual opportunities to engage, but not synchronously (pre-recorded sessions and select day-of sessions will be recorded and posted after the event – more details to follow).

This year, we will be collecting a sliding-scale registration fee.  Suggested registration fees are on the form and below.  All payments can be made to Violet Fox via PayPal: paypal.com/paypalme/violetbfox; Venmo: @violetfox; Cashapp: $violetbfox.  Registration won’t be completed until payment is received.

• People from no-budget zine libraries/archives: at least $20
• People whose travel is not funded: at least $20
• People with $1,000 or less in travel funds: at least $100
• People with more than $1,000 in travel funds: at least $200
• People from organizations willing to sponsor a meal, a service, a grant, etc.: $250-$2000
• Other amount

Additional Information about ZLuC Organizing Activities

There are six subcommittees

1. BIPOC Travel Award
2. COVID, Accessibility, and Code of Conduct
3. Programming
4. Social media
5. Tech
6. Tours

Communications

We will use the Zines & GLAM Discord server for organizing communications. You can contact Gina, Jenna, or Lauren for more information or a Discord invite code.

Find us on social media: @zineluc on Instagram, X, Threads and Facebook.

This is a rough schedule for ZLUC 2023. The sessions are firmed up the day of and we are working on getting more details as we confirm. If you are joining us remotely, only Day 1 will have virtual sessions and we will get the links and info out about that soon. Help us decide on topics for ZLuC 2023!

Day 1

• Date & Time: August 4, 2023, 9am-4:30pm
• Location: Gleeson Library at the University of San Francisco
• Getting to USF: USF is easily accessible via public transit. And we’re also providing free parking in the Koret Parking Lot for the day! USF Campus & Parking Map.
• Lunch: Some suggestions on places to go!
• ZLUC Social: 6pm at Silver Sprocket (BYOB/Z)

Day 2

• Date & TIme: August 5, 2023, 10am-3:45pm
• Location: San Francisco Public Library Main Branch
• Getting to SFPL: SFPL is easily accessible via public transit. There are paid parking garages near the SFPL.
• Lunch: Some suggestions on places to go!
• Unconference Keynote with V Vale : 1pm-2pm
  • V Vale will also be tabling at SFPL afterwards so you can buy some zines from him!
• (optional) ZLUC Tour of Prelinger Library @ 4pm but a 20 person limit, so RSVP for this here. The Prelinger Library is located at 301 8th St #215, San Francisco, CA 94103.

Day 3

East Bay Outing — Sign up for Sunday, August 6 East Bay activities!

Note: Details have yet to be confirmed but this is the tentative schedule.

• 11am-12pm: Rock Paper Scissors Collective
  • Address for RPSC is: 2120 MLK Jr. Way, Oakland, CA
• 12pm-1pm: Lunch and Travel
• 2pm: ABO Comix
  • Address for ABO Comix is: 2520 Telegraph Ave, Oakland, CA 94612
• 3pm: Oakland Public Library — Tour of OPL’s zine collection!
  • Address for Oakland Public Library: 125 14th St, Oakland, CA 94612