Monthly Archives: June 2011

Finding a zine in the catalogue

I’m sure that you all know how to search a library catalogue to find things that are relevant to you at the time. Here at the National Library we have been doing some behind the scenes stuff to make it … Continue reading

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Sawbones

Just arrived, on my desk at least, are a couple of titles deposited by the publisher, Sock Puppet comics.  I could easily write paragraphs about what I enjoy about these titles (cool illustrations, excellent production values and inserts to Undead … Continue reading

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Those Gen Y’s ….

On my desk is a zine titled, “Y Young?: a compilation, a discussion about Generation Y.” The zine’s author, Tasha, sought responses to a lot of questions regarding the attitudes of other generations to Generation Y on her Facebook and … Continue reading

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Zines at the NGA! Jo Daniell talks to us about her creative process.

A few months ago we were lucky to sneak out of work and over to the NGA to hear Jo Daniell talk about her art practice and her experience making zines. Jo is a contributor to the gallery’s exhibition Space Invaders and … Continue reading

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Henderson Collection

The Henderson Collection is a collection of zines acquired from Nick Henderson who has spent the better part of a decade collecting over 1500 zines.  We refer to this as a formed collection.  Formed collections are something collected by an individual or organisation and … Continue reading

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Strange places for cockatoos

By the late 19th century animal acts, particularly novelty acts using unusual animals, had become popular in circuses. An interesting poster in the NLA’s collection illustrates this craze, with a French connection. It advertises Robert Abdy’s travelling cockatoo circus. Dating … Continue reading

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Are you mono, multi, series or serial (and why do we care)?

We cataloguers are not just a crazy bunch of control freaks whose main aim in life is to squeeze everything into boxes! There is a good reason for what we do. By describing something we aim to make it more … Continue reading

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Audrey & Audrey

Resizing of the small and beautiful …the artistic “Audrey & Audrey” is back on my desk. Continue reading

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Mac’s desk: about now?

I have to wind back the clock 24 hrs as I’m not zine cataloguing today. Yesterday though; I had the pleasure of working on APiTO, an item in the Henderson Collection. This zine was dated December 1993. From Rockhampton and … Continue reading

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Cane toad warrior presents…

I’ve just had the best time. I’ve been cataloguing the zine “Cane toad warrior presents…collected letters”. Luke Bartolo’s wicked sense of humor in writing to all sorts of businesses (my faves are Kellogg’s and McDonald’s) and then making a zine … Continue reading

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