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Answer: QUESTION: Alternative Surviving Suicide Resources

Submitted by Alycia on Sat, 01/21/2012 - 8:53pm
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Perhaps zines might be one place to look for alternative perspectives? I found the zines "Suicide or Die" and "Objects in Mirrors: A Suicide Survival Zine," through a search engine search for the keywords zine + suicide, but there are other zines more broadly about mental health (here's also a discussion about other mental health zines on We Make Zines).

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QUESTION: Printing Press Fiscal Sponsor

Submitted by Anonymooose on Fri, 05/28/2010 - 3:07pm
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Hi Radical Reference,

I'm currently working on a project I have been dreaming about for a longtime. Getting a Printing Press off the ground. So far I have began to stur up interest and support with a blog stating the projects intent and a small initial project that will realize in the meantime (a collaborative zine). I've been sending the e-mail below to friends and have begun doing searches for projects, people, etc. to also contact. I anticipate I will be sending out e-mails over the next week or two as I continue to do research.

My question for you has to do with needing a fiscal sponsor to umbrella
under while I begin to raise money. After checking out the project more who would you suggest I contact to propose such an endeavor? I really appreciate your time and any information you could share.

http://smarttartpress.wordpress.com

Mad Love and Sweet Rebellion,
jenny haley
Editor
Smart Tart Press
http://smarttartpress.wordpress.com

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Submitted by jenna on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 4:17pm
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Hi Long Haul,

This is a question we spent some time discussing at the Zine Libraries (un)Conference last spring in Seattle. Of the five we considered for a shared catalog, and given your constraints,

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question: QUESTION: what software to use to create catalog of zines for our infoshop?

QUESTION: what software to use to create catalog of zines for our infoshop?

Submitted by Anonymooose on Tue, 01/12/2010 - 3:15pm
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Hello,
This is more of a library logistics type question, but I figured I'd try here because it seems some of yall would have experience with this sort of thing. We are looking to catalog our zine archive at our infoshop, which is quite large (25 years worth of zines). We'd like a program that: can be used on both macs and pcs, imported and exported between computers, can be eventually put online and linked from our website, and has fields that are flexible to accommodate the fact that these are zines and not books (slightly different information will be cataloged). Can you recommend a program that we use, given that we don't host our site and we don't have linux on our computers? We looked at Librarything but are wary about having it hosted by something big and unknown given the content of our zines (paranoid?). I've also looked at MS access but don't know too much about it (esp. about putting it online...?)
Thanks!

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Submitted by jenna on Tue, 12/29/2009 - 1:29pm
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Hi Adrienne,

The Philly Zine Fest unfortunately seems to be a fall event nowadays, but you could get in touch with the organizers and see what advice they have. I also recommend Wooden Shoe Books as a source of zines. They've recently moved into a new space, and the folks I've talked to there have been super nice and helpful. You can also buy zines online from distros and stores in other cities.

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QUESTION: Zine Festivals in Philadelphia

Submitted by adriennewebb on Mon, 12/28/2009 - 3:48pm
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Does anyone know of any zine festivals/events in Philadelphia from late January through mid May of 2010? I live in a housing cooperative in the Philly area that is looking for opportunities to expand our zine library. Any advice about purchasing zines in Philly would be helpful.

Why Zines Matter

Submitted by jenna on Fri, 09/25/2009 - 5:51pm
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I think you told me you're sending her Alison Piepmeier's "Why Zines Matter" article, but for the sake of others with a similar question, I recommend it.

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Submitted by jenna on Thu, 04/16/2009 - 12:53pm
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Irene,

Apologies for taking so long to respond, but our website has been down since shortly after you submitted your question.

Do you know of any good articles about cataloguing zines?
Basically do a search in the Library Literature database on {zine* and catalog*} and see what you come up with. If you are in library school, your university provides access. If you are an undergrad you might not have access. In that case, I suggest doing the same search in a multidisciplinary database like ProQuest or Academic Search.

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question: QUESTION: zine cataloging

QUESTION: zine cataloging

Submitted by Anonymooose on Tue, 04/07/2009 - 7:50pm
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Hi,
I'm beginning a paper about cataloguing zines and self-published material. Do you know of any good articles about cataloguing zines? Do you know of any notable zine collections? Any major zine collections I should know about in the New York Metropolitan area? Any information about how to catalogue zines would be much appreciated.

Thank you,
Irene

Radical ACRL

Submitted by jenna on Fri, 03/06/2009 - 1:05pm

For those attending the Association of College and Research Libraries conference in Seattle, and those who live in/near Seattle:

Thursday, March 12, 10-2:30pm
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