Last Friday July 8th, our project co-manager Jenna Freedman spoke about issues in zine cataloging. Informed by her experience as the zine librarian at Barnard College, Freedman talked about how to use resources like subject headings, genre and format terms, summaries, and MARC to make rich records. The discussion was also informed by critical thinking about racial, ethnic, gender, and other creator identities. Though metadata may seem sometimes innocuous, Jenna importantly stressed that cataloging is political.
Check out the Issues in Zine Cataloging guide Jenna created for the discussion. Many thanks to Jenna for facilitating this thoughtful conversation and producing this informative guide!
About Jenna
Jenna Freedman (she/her) is the Curator of the Barnard Zine Library at Barnard College in New York City. She makes an annual zine called Lower East Side Librarian and one-off zines on topics including jury duty, menstruation and menopause, and niche cataloging discussions on the library email list AUTOCAT.
