Category Archives: Cataloguing

Visually appealing just love those illustrations

I enjoy cataloguing our collection of zines, I am always surprised by the variety of illustrations that we get from simple line drawing to beautiful art work.  Some are a little shocking, or rather confronting, but can be done so well. We … Continue reading

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“Zine Control to Major Tom!”

Zines come in all shapes, sizes and genres, but I must confess one of my favourite types is the sci-fi zine.  Pre dating the popular bio-zine of today and their (now) middle aged cousins the music and political zines from … Continue reading

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What’s in a name? – and how you can help

If you’ve ever tried Googling your name, and it happens to be something like John Williams, then you’ll know how frustrating that can be. Millions of results and no easy way to distinguish John Williams the guitarist from every other … Continue reading

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Zine construction and barcodes bigger than butterflies

One of the unique things about zines is the variety of construction techniques used to create them. This can range from simple staples or yellow electrical tape used as binding to hand sewn zines or methods of folding and cutting paper … Continue reading

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Kart : magazine of multiplicity

Kart really captured my imagination, it’s not something I can put my finger on, but it just has a magical quality which makes you want to delve into each pocket to discover the delights contained within.  I’ve been lucky enough … Continue reading

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Best resurrection issue ever!

Yes, serials can end, and start again. That is why we sometimes have links to later or earlier  titles. But not always. Generally we only create a new record for what we consider a “major” title change, but if a … Continue reading

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In Defence of Dewey … well sort of!

While on a buying trip for the collection, one of our staff bought an American zine for herself titled, “The Dewey Decimal System is decadent and depraved.” She didn’t buy it for the collection as the National Library generally only … Continue reading

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Check out my 900 field…

This post is about a small cataloguing convention called an institution specific note. A special note that we sometimes put on catalogue records that only relates to the copy we have in our collection (and not to any other libraries … Continue reading

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DDC 22: an end and a beginning

Much excitement for cataloguers - we got new Deweys about a month ago and as a consequence we had to round up the old ones, DDC 22! I loved seeing them all together and thinking of their years of faithful service. … Continue reading

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Radical Cheerleading

Sitting on my desk at the moment is a zine titled “a DIY guide to radical cheerleading” by the Friends of the Earth Adelaide Radical Cheerleader Squad. It is something I’m cataloguing as it is part of the Henderson collection.  … Continue reading

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