The ZLuC 2026 location committee decided that we need to recognize that many in our community likely have anxiety around travel in the current political climate in the US.It’s time to register for the 2025 Zine Librarians unConference! ZLuC 2025 will be held entirely online Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9. Registration will be open until November 1st. The cost of attending is free to those with no professional development funds, and a sliding scale for those who have institutional support to attend.
If you’d like to propose a session, the deadline is Friday September 26th. ZLuC is always a great time and this year will include presenters and attendees from around the world. Find all the information and links to register at the ZLuC 2025 webpage.
ZLuC 2025: Registration is now open!
The organizers of the Zine Librarians unConference 2025 are looking for presentation speakers! Are you interested in sharing your ideas? Let the organizers know more about what you’d like to see at the ZLuC 2025 programming interest form.
This year’s ZLuC will be entirely online and free to all, with programming happening Saturday November 8 and Sunday November 9.
The 2024 Zine Librarians unConference was a terrific success! Thanks so much to the ZLuC 2024 organizers: Jenna, Gina, and Lauren!! And thank you to our other volunteers and presenters who made it a welcoming, valuable event.
If you weren’t able to join us, check out the ZLuC 2024 wiki for information about presentations and other discussions. Our notes from the presentations are a little hit and miss, so feel free to reach out to presenters if you have questions or want to hear more about the cool stuff they’re doing.
Attendees at ZLuC 2024. Photo credit: Weiwei Lin
Zine librarians from across the U.S. and beyond will be joining the fun at the 16th Zine Librarians unConference, happening Saturday August 3rd and Sunday August 4th in New York City. Find all the details, including the schedule, at our ZLuC 2024 wiki. A huge thanks to the organizers and volunteers who make ZLuC happen!
cover of the ZLuC 2024 program illustrated by Childish Books
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 Sunday August 3rd and 4th in New York City. This grant is intended to help with associated travel and/or family care costs. No receipts are requested or required: we just give you money to attend!
If you are Black, Indigenous, and/or a POC and would like to apply for the ZLuC 2024 BIPOC Travel Grant, please fill out this application. Applications will be accepted until May 1st. All applicants will be contacted by the week of May 13th.
Would you be willing to support the grant to ensure BIPOC attendees are supported? If so, please consider donating! 100% of donations go directly to grant recipients.
Be sure to mention “ZLUC” in the notes! To arrange an alternate form of payment, please email violetfox @ gmail. com.
Planning for this year’s Zine Librarians unConference is heating up! ZLuC 2024 will be held on the campus of New York University in Manhattan on Saturday August 3rd and Sunday August 4th. There will also be optional library tours on the afternoon of Sunday August 4th.
There’s now a call for both remote and in-person presentation proposals. Consider sharing your passion and knowledge about zine librarianship at ZLuC 2024.
You can find all the information about the event as it is announced at the wiki for ZLuC 2024. Hope to see you there!
Interested in joining zinesters & library/archives workers from across the U.S. and beyond to talk about zine librarianship? Registration is now open for the 2023 Zine Librarians unConference, happening August 4-5 in San Francisco. Registration is free and capped at 100 in-person attendees; virtual options will be available.
Find more information and a registration link at the ZLuC 2023 page.
Every year, the zine librarian community gathers at the Zine Librarians unConference, which will be held this year in San Francisco on August 4th and 5th. And every year, the community crowdfunds money for travel grants for Black, Indigenous, and People of Color to attend ZLuC. If you’re a BIPOC library worker or zinester interested in attending ZLuC, please fill out our travel grant application. Previous awards have ranged from around $250 to around $750. The number of recipients and the amount distributed depends on how many donations received—if you’d like to contribute to the ZLuC BIPOC travel grant fund, send money via PayPal to julia.huddleston [at] gmail, or get in touch at that address to discuss other ways to donate.
The Zine Librarians unConference will be held in person this year! This year’s ZLuC will be held in San Francisco, California on Friday August 4 and Saturday August 5. There may be additional events (like tours of zine stores/zine libraries or a zinester reading) held on Sunday August 6, too, so consider keeping your schedule free that day as well.
If you’d like to support the travel needs of one or more zine librarians to attend ZLuC, please consider donating to the ZLuC BIPOC Travel Grant. The travel grant is a no-strings attached yearly tradition that has allowed several zine librarians of color to attend ZLuC without worrying about finances. Send donations via Paypal to juliahuddleston [at] gmail [dot] com (specify “ZLuC Travel Grant” in the comments). If you’d prefer to contribute without using Paypal, please email that address to coordinate an alternate method of payment. Thanks for considering!
The International Zine Librarians unConference 2020 was a breathtaking experience and collaboration. Let’s document how we made it happen and our feels about it.
We want to cover the topics listed on this spreadsheet and welcome others. Contributions can take the form of narratives, lists, recipes, limericks, comics, or whatever you’ve got, but note that the mission is providing documentation for next time. You can layout your own piece or leave the design to the co-editors. Just be sure to leave us a nice margin!
Faciliator: Kelly M
Notes: Jenna
Attending: André, April, Ella, Jenna, Kelly, Kelsey, Matthew, Milo, Ziba
Here are the notes from our meeting! Action items highlighted.
Faciliator: Kelly M
Notes: Jenna
Attending: André, Ella, Jenna, Kelly M., Kelsey, Lilith, Matthew, Milo, Ziba (at the very end)
Please join us October 30-November 2 (start and end dates vary by timezone)! Three days of amazing programming and unconference time for library workers interested in zines and zinesters interested in libraries to hobnob and learn together!
http://zinelibraries.info/wiki/zluc2020/
Click on the individual days for schedules and to register.
This quokka says SEE YOU AT THE UNCONFERENCE!
