At the Texas Conference on Digital Libraries, a team from UT Libraries presented on their Zine Cataloging Party held on 23 April 2015.

1. Collaborating across
UT Libraries to
Experiment
with Methods,
Workflows & Tools,
Build Awareness of a
Collection,
and Teach Metadata
Literacy
Zine Party!
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2. Introduction & Fine Arts Library
Laura Schwartz
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3. Collaborators
Laura Schwartz oversees zine collection
and the Fine Arts Library
Jennifer Hecker proposed the event and
helped coordinate it
Melanie Cofield is the UT Libraries’
metadata expert
Ann Marchock catalogs zines for
the Fine Arts Library
Becca Pad is a Reference Graduate
Assistant and selected
the zines to catalog
Aaron Choate implemented the
cataloging game
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4. The
Fine Arts
Library
at the
University of
Texas at
Austin
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5. The
Fine
Arts
Library
Zine
Collection
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6. Why did we do
this event?
• Outreach and to raise
awareness about the
collection
• Collection development /
donations
• Experimenting with
crowdsourcing
• Fun!
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7. Zines
and
Access
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8. Technology Integration Services:
Constraints  Innovation
Jennifer Hecker
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9. Constraints
• Not a lot of staff
• Lots of potential
projects
• Limited time to
explore new
technologies,
approaches, and
workflows
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14. Cataloging & Metadata Services:
Metadata Literacy
Melanie Cofield
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15. http://pixabay.com/en/legs-feet-lower-body-fig-beach-326550/
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16. Resource discovery & access
Resource description
Metadata
Cataloging
Communities of practice
Standards & best practices
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17. Access to zines via Resource description
Cataloging practice
metadata
http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Wolfsburg_-_Inside_the_Volkswagen_Plant.jpg
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18. Cataloging & Metadata Services:
Cataloging Zines
Ann Marchock
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19. MARC BIBFRAME
•metadata transformation
•non-MARC metadata
•Collaboration with TIS &
Fine Arts Library
motivations…
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20. non-MARC MARC
•metadata transformation:
xZINECOREx & Dublin Core
•case study
•real world example
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motivations…

21. •crowd-cataloging of zines
•zine cataloging at UT Libraries
•differences/challenges with zine cataloging
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motivations…

22. •titles & title pages
•creator(s) name(s) & relationship designators
•publication statement & self-published
•cataloging piece in hand & outside resources
•serials & monographs
zine cataloging…
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23. takeaways…
•metadata analysis
•MARC fields, indicators,
delimiters, & ISBD punctuation
•relationship designators
•crowd-cataloging
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24. Charles Elliot, Beth Seetch, Curtis Clark, Sandra L
Huss, Kathleen May, Carol Pierman, Denise Otterson,
Cathy Cunningham, Derechos Corona, Steve Meisner,
Crystal Keller-Kerr, David Tamke, Michael Vogel,
Kenny Hall, Vikki Kominos, Ellen Agee
Creator(s) field…
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25. Sven-Tiki, Kurt Braun, Jack F. Hughes, Lisa Guerriero,
Julie Pavlowski, Baby Doe, Sventiki, David Smay, Jeff
Berry, Kevin Kidney, Cindy Crowell, Brian Marsland,
Brian Pickle, Sonia Clerc, Michael Morrow, Dave from
Detroit, Miss Joanne, Brother Cleve, Sheryl Shelf,
Janet Austin, Max Buda, Buck Velux
Contributor(s) field…
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26. •Third page torn in half
•Orange paperback, crease down
the middle of front & back pages
Physical description field…
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27. •metadata analysis
•MARC fields, indicators,
delimiters, & ISBD punctuation
•relationship designators
•crowd-cataloging
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takeaways…

28. •metadata analysis
•MARC fields, indicators,
delimiters, & ISBD punctuation
•relationship designators
•crowd-cataloging
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takeaways…

29. •rules, standards, guidelines, policy
statements & best practices
•Fun, Fun, Fun!!!
crowd-cataloging…
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30. Ann Marchock @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

31. •Fun, Fun, Fun!!!
•(or, maybe not)
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crowd-cataloging…

32. •Uniform group
•Subject experts
•xZINECOREx / Zine Union Catalog
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crowd-cataloging…

33. Zine Game Implementation
Aaron Choate
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34. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

35. main IPRC dev team
Lillian Karabaic
John Karabaic
Dion Ridley
Tony Pigram
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36. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

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40. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

41. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

42. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

43. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

44. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

45. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

46. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

47. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

48. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

49. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

50. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

51. Aaron Choate @UTLibraries #ZineParty #TCDL2015

52. Implementation
Challenges/Outcomes
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53. Student Perspective
Becca Pad
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54. Motivations
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55. Selecting the Zines
• Selecting for success
• Selecting based on
collections at FAL
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56. Instructional
Handout
for Zine Game
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57. Connecting with the
School of Information
• Promoting the event
• Connecting coursework to
practical experience
• Building relationships
between I-School students
and librarians
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58. Wrap-up
Laura Schwartz
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59. Was the event
a success?
• Standing-room-only
attendance
• Evaluation feedback
• Fun! People are
obviously having a
good time
• Community building
and the unexpected
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60. In order of appearance (today)
Laura Schwartz lschwartz@austin.utexas.edu
Jennifer Hecker j.hecker@austin.utexas.edu
Melanie Cofield m.cofield@austin.utexas.edu
Ann Marchock a.marchock@austin.utexas.edu
Aaron Choate achoate@austin.utexas.edu
Becca Pad becca.pad@austin.utexas.edu
UT Fine Arts Library Zine Collection
www.lib.utexas.edu/subject/zines
UT Libraries’ TIS blog blogs.lib.utexas.edu/tis
Questions? Feedback? Contact us!
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