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The latest Library Journal zine reviews column is out. The theme this time around was zines by people who took at least five years off between zines.

The latest Library Journal zine review column is up.

The latest zine reviews column, this time contributed by Bat Annex zine librarian Lacey Prpić Hedtke, is up. Lacey reviews the Doris Antidepression Guide, an issue of Dwelling Portably, the first Dames on Frames, Radical Pet #4, and HPV.

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The latest Library Journal zine reviews column, Where the Boy Zines Are is up. It was contributed by Katie Haegele, one of my favorite of the current generation of zine makers. I asked Katie to focus on zines by men in order to offset my personal and professional bias toward women's zines. To date we've reviewed approximately twice as many zines by women as by men. I don't know the demographics of zine publishing, so I'm not sure if female identified authors are as dominant as that. It's pretty unlikely.

The latest Library Journal zine reviews column, Teach a Zine Librarian To Fish: Zine Distro Reviews is up. Thanks to Anastasia, Jerianne, Kelly, and Kelsey for helping out. This marks the first column where I wrote a review myself instead of just editing.

Thanks and congrats are due my zines bestie Celia Perez for contributing the latest Library Journal zine reviews column on Zines by People of Color.

The latest Library Journal reviews column is up. In it, Jeremy Brett, Katie Haegele, Lacey Prpic Hedtke, LP Smith, and Julie Turley review zines by Mike Baker, Jenna Brager, Davida Gypsy Breier, William Patrick Tandy, J.B. Winter, and Sugene Yang-Kelly. I throw in a little zine etiquette for good measure.

I wrote a four part article for Library Journal's Academic Newswire. The introduction and first part came out today. In the series, I interview several librarians who have been working in librarianship for 20+ years about the present and future of academic libraries.

Because I was a little busy and stressed when the latest Library Journal zine reviews column came out on May 7, I didn't get around to mentioning it. The May 2009 column, contributed by Jerianne Thompson, Zines from a Tennessee Public Library: Or, Stop Being a Wuss and Start a Collection Already! reviews zines held at the Linebaugh Public Library in Murfreesboro, Tennessee. In choosing the theme for this issue, I wanted to show that zines aren't just for Yankee liberals, that they can and do serve the public in all types of libraries and geographic locations.

In case you didn't know, Jerianne is Wonder Woman.

And here's why...