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Emily-Jane Dawson, Laural Winter / Pacific Northwest Library Association (PNLA) 2006 Annual Conference / August 9-11, 2006

Zines, Culture and the Library: Multnomah County Library's Adventure with Zines

Join Reference Librarians from Multnomah County Library for a presentation and overview of their recent efforts to bring zines (independently produced publications) into the library. See the library's Zines website.

• Zines, Culture and the Library (rtf)
  The text of Emily-Jane and Laural's presentation speech, in which they give a brief history of zines, a summary of Multnomah County Library's zine project, discuss the professional context for zines in libraries, and present some ideas for how you can make zines a part of your library's collection, services, outreach, and event programming.
• Zine Resources (rtf)
  A bibliography of zines, books and articles about the history of zines and zines in libraries, a list of places to find zines in the Pacific Northwest and beyond, and sources for zine reviews.
• Zine Glossary (rtf)
  Help for anyone who needs a quick definition of zine-related terms, from the beat generation to zinester.
• Pacific Northwest Zines Slideshow (ppt)
  A short slideshow of a selection of zines from the Pacific Northwest.