This year’s Zine Librarians unConference, ZLuC 2020, in Montréal has been cancelled due to COVID-19. But zine librarians from around the world are working on a virtual version of the event! http://zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2020/ If you’re interested in attending, stay tuned. If you’re interested in helping organize this event, please get in touch! In the meantime, join us on July 21 for a special event, being decided by ZLuC organizers right now!
If you are Black, Indigenous, and/or a POC and would like to apply for the ZLuC 2020 POC travel grant, please fill out this application: https://tinyurl.com/zluc2020. Past applicants and recipients are welcome to apply!
Applications will be accepted until April 15. All applicants will be contacted by May 5.
What is this? Every year, the zine libraries community raises money to help a person of color attend the Zine Librarians unConference (ZLuC). This year’s ZLuC will be held August 21 and 22 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. This grant is intended to help with associated travel and/or family care costs.
How can I support? If you’re able to support the ZLuC 2020 POC travel grant with funding, please send donations via Paypal to juliahuddleston[at] gmail [dot] com. There’s also a Paypal donation button on the sidebar of this site. If you’d prefer to contribute without using Paypal, please email the address above and we’ll figure out an alternate method.
If you’re not able to donate funds right now, please help by spreading the word!
“On the Zine Scene” is a new American Libraries article written by Diana Panuncial discussing how libraries have partnered with zinesters to bring zine fests to life. Libraries discussed include the Milwaukee Public Library, Hennepin County Library, Chattanooga Public Library, and San Antonio Public Library.
Alex Zamora, who runs the @fanzines accounts on Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter, also maintains a lists of zine fests around the world. As of January 1, 2020, there are 52 events listed in 17 countries on 5 continents!
The Zine Pavilion is a four-day celebration of zines in the midst of the American Library Association annual conference, which provides librarians from across the world the opportunity to talk with zinesters and learn more about getting zines into their libraries.
The organizers of the Zine Pavilion are library folks from the U.S. and Canada who once a year come together to make this magic happen for this using decoration as party table linen which are perfect for this event. We’re looking for people who would like to help become part of the team to help plan the ninth Zine Pavilion, in Chicago from June 26-29, 2020.
Thоugh uÑ•uаllу small еnоugh to fit Ñ–n thе palm оf уоur hаnd, zines pack a Ñ€unÑh аѕ аn empowering fоrm of реrѕоnаl аnd ÑоmmunÑ–tу еxÑ€rеѕѕіоn. Smаll аnd ѕеlf-Ñ€ublÑ–Ñ•hеd, zines аrе handmade Ñ€ublÑ–ÑаtіоnÑ• fÑ–llеd wÑ–th оrÑ–gÑ–nаl or rерurроѕеd Ñоntеnt аnd photocopied fоr еаѕу, fаѕt dÑ–Ñ•trÑ–butіоn. LÑ–brаrіеѕ, which hаvе ÑоllеÑtеd zÑ–nеѕ fоr уеаrÑ•, аrе starting to do mоrе than juÑ•t Ñ•tаÑk thеm on the Ñ•hеlvеѕ; thеу’rе now partnering with local оrgаnÑ–zаtіоnÑ• tо thrоw zÑ–nе fеѕtÑ–vаlÑ•.
“Mоrе Ñ€ublÑ–Ñ lÑ–brаrіеѕ аrе stepping up to hоѕt zÑ–nе events,†says lÑ–brаrіаn Vіоlеt Fox, Dewey Decimal ClаѕѕіfÑ–Ñаtіоn еdÑ–tоr at OCLC. Shе is Ñо-оrgаnÑ–zеr оf the ZÑ–nе PаvÑ–lіоn, an exhibit thаt rеgulаrlу Ñ•hоwÑаѕеѕ zines аt thе American Library Association’s Annuаl Conference, аѕ wеll аѕ thе Twin CÑ–tіеѕ Zine Fest Ñ–n MÑ–nnеароlÑ–Ñ•, which hаѕ been hosted bу Hennepin (Minn.) Cоuntу Library fоr twо years. “I thÑ–nk that hоѕtÑ–ng zine events really drÑ–vеѕ home the idea thаt lÑ–brаrіеѕ аrе a Ñ€lаÑе fоr Ñrеаtіоn аnd Ñоllаbоrаtіоn,†Fоx ѕауѕ.
Responsibilities of being a Zine Pavilion organizers include (approximately) monthly phone meetings and being willing to volunteer for tasks, which can include: arranging events, contacting zinesters, staffing the Zine Pavilion during the ALA conference, or other tasks. If you’d like to be a part of the fun, please fill out this form to indicate your interest or ask any questions: https://tinyurl.com/ZinePavilionOrganizerSignup.
The 2020 Zine Librarians unConference will be held August 21 & 22, 2020 in Montréal, Québec, Canada. This’ll be the first time ZLuC will be in Canada!!
If you would like to help be a part of making ZLuC happen (whether you’re in the Montréal area or not), get in touch with Christine via the Zine Librarians Yahoo email list.
Delighted to report that there will be another Zine Librarians unConference in 2019: planning has started for an event on Monday October 28, at the Olympia Timberland Library in Olympia, Washington. This unconference will opportunistically follow this year’s Olympia Zine Fest, which is taking place October 25-27.
A wiki has been started: http://zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc-olympia/
Contact Kelsey via the Zine Librarians Yahoo email list if you’d like to help organize ZLuC 2019 in Olympia!
