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Comics, Graphic Novels, and Zines in Academic, Public, and Specialized Library Settings

This guide constitutes Barnard Zine Librarian Jenna Freedman's contribution to the ACRL panel moderated by Megan Lotts. The other panelists are Laural Winter, Soline Holmes, Ann “A’misa” Matsushima Chiu, and Mary Ruge

Zine Club

drawing of two bears with a zineThe Challenge

I wanted students to feel more agency and ownership of the zine library. 

A Solution

In 2010 we created the Barnard Zine Club. I thought they'd create zineographies and stuff like that, but mostly they sit around the table in the zine library and make pages for their club zine Sticks and Stones, eat snacks, and gossip, which women (gender inclusive) and their friends have always done in different ways--quilts, cards, etc.