Radical Reference and Zines: Effecting Change at Your library,

Online, and in the Street

Presented by Jenna FreedmanApril 9, 2008

Pratt Institute, New York City

http://jenna.openflows.com/talks/pratt/romel

• Inspiration• Proposal• Acquisitions• Shelving & preservation• Usage• Justification

Barnard College Zine Collection

• Origin

• Launch: site & participants

• In the street during the Republican National Convention

• Waiting by the phone

• Web queries

• Teaching & outreach

we are the people we serve

• Local collectives so far: Austin, Boston, Greater Los Angeles, New York, San Diego, San Francisco

• Collaborations with Independent Media• Participation in alternative media events• Improved image of library workers• Still getting plenty of website traffic• Nifty tech projects• Library school education summit

after the Republicans left town

What kinds of projects do you want to do, and how can you approach them?

• Collections• Services• Policies

• Working from within• Act first, apologize later• Coalition building • Suggestions from Library Camp session

http://jenna.openflows.com/librarycamp/nyc/2007/effectchange

• The site http://www.radicalreference.info

• Upcoming activities, far and near – NYC Anarchist Book Fair table– Library of Congress subject

heading suggestions write-in– http://radicalreference.info/loc

alcollectives/nyc

• Contact us– info@radicalreference.info– nyc@radicalreference.info

• Join us http://radicalreference.info/volunteer

• The site http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines

• Upcoming activities http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines/links.htm#events

• Contact me zines@barnard.edu

• Befriend us– MySpace

http://www.myspace.com/barnardzinelibrary

– LiveJournal http://barnardzines.livejournal.com

• Become one of us http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians/