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Zine Union Catalog: Like WorldCat, but not Evil

This guide was created to accompany a Critical Collections discussion at Barnard College & Columbia University Libraries.

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  • try a topical search
  • try a known item search

Collective Access

  • cat seeming to browse a library catalog search resultsIs it worth a DAM?
    • authorities
    • community
    • noodly learning curve
    • noodly design curve
    • but, to be fair, we're using CA wrong ("The photo below is unrelated to this zine record. We do not have a cover to show you, and we thought you would at least like a zine cat to look at.")

Varied Metadata

zine spread comparing metadata for Doris zine across several libraries

zine spread comparing metadata for Doris zine across several libraries

ZineCat Next Steps

photo of four giant sticky notes (titled "technology" "membership & outreach" "metadata" and "fundraising") with regular size sticky notes on them