Infoshops and Zine Libraries

Zine libraries or infoshops are places you can go to read zines (and sometimes purchase them). If you see an incorrect listing here (or know of a reading room that's not listed), please write Zine World, PO Box 330156, Murfreesboro, TN 37133-0156 USA, or e-mail wordofmouth@undergroundpress.org.

Note: First address given is mailing address. Drop-in address is the physical location. If only one address is given, this usually means the physical address is the same as the mailing address; exceptions are noted.

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• THE WORLD

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Arizona

The Catalyst Infoshop, 109A. N. McCormick St., Prescott AZ 86301; 928-443-8525; cliff_rose@hotmail.com.: "The Catalyst is a resource base for activists and an alternative information center for Prescott. We have a growing bookstore/bookrent, zine library, and selection of radical magazines and free literature. We have materials for actions, space for meetings, free-food kitchen for volunteers, and file-space for activist groups, etc."

California

Anno Domini Zine Library, 150 S. Montgomery St.Unit B, San Jose CA 95110; 408-271-5151; www.galleryAD.com; open M-Th: "We accept zines of all types and formats but like to focus more on the creative and artistic type of zines (vs. the rants and rave type). We'd like the collection to invoke a creative spirit that inspires others to express themselves."
Asian American Zine Archive, c/o Darrell Y. Hamamoto, Asian American Studies Program, 3102 Hart Hall, University of California - Davis, Davis, CA 95616; 530-752-5600; by appointment only.: Asian American Zine Archive at the University of California, Davis is the only repository of its kind that specializes in written and graphic expression produced by Asian Americans who either by choice or default circumvent corporate-controlled monopoly communication outlets.
Bako Zines Library, Bako Zines, PO Box 30117, Bakersfield CA 93385; drop-in: (inside of) Downtown Records, 1518 19th St., Bakersfield CA
Che Cafe Zine Library, 9500 Gilman Dr., Student Center B-0323C, La Jolla CA 92093; 858-534-2311; zinelibrary@checafe.ucsd.edu; checafe.ucsd.edu/zines.html; open during events or by appointment: "The Che Cafe is a community space and resource center for radical grassroots activists. The Che is most interested in zines addressing political and social issues, rather than personal dialogues and poetry; especially looking for DIY how-to guides." See website for information to include with donated zines.
City Heights Free Skool, 4226 Wightman, San Diego CA 92105; cityheightsfreeskool.org, bang.calit2.net/freeskool/; cityheightsfreeskool@riseup.net; 619-528-8060; no regular hours: "Our infoshop is a lending library of zines and books covering topics such as health, political theory, personal experience, fiction and poetry, art, media and culture, history, bikes, cooking, and gardening. Most of our materials are in English but we have a growing Spanish language section." Annual $5/sliding scale donation to get a library card (for borrowing). Seeking donations.
Darby Romeo Collection of Zines (Collection 168), attn: Julie Graham, Special Collections Librarian, UCLA Arts Library Special Collections, Young Research Library, Room 22478, Los Angeles CA 90095-1575; 310-825-7253; open M-F by appointment only: "We accept any zine as long as it doesn't contain any perishable materials (e.g. food). Due to space limitations we cannot accept multiple copies of a single issue. Collection consists of privately printed and distributed arts and literary magazines."
Flor y Canto, 3706 N. Figueroa, Los Angeles CA 90065; 323-276-1148; www.florycanto.org, mail@florycanto.org; open Tu-W, F-Su: "Flor y Canto is a not-for-profit community center & radical bookstore run entirely by volunteers. We want to encourage a dialogue between residents that aims for the sharing of ideas and skills that will propel the people of L.A. towards a more cooperative, non-coercive, and self-sufficient future."
Free Mind Media, 546 Pacific Ave., Santa Rosa CA 94504; 707-579-1605; info@freemindmedia.org; www.freemindmedia.org: "Community center and infoshop for radical alternatives to mainstream media." Includes lending library and meeting space.
The Little Maga/Zine Collection, Book Arts & Special Collections, San Francisco Public Library, 100 Larkin Street, San Francisco CA 94102, attn: Andrea Grimes; 415-557-4560; agrimes@sfpl.org; www.sfpl.org/librarylocations/main/bookarts/zines/zines.htm; open Tu-Su: Little magazines and zines are collected, with special emphasis on the San Francisco experience. More than 1000 in collection; titles cataloged on website.
Long Haul Infoshop, 3124 Shattuck, Berkeley CA 94705; 510-540-0751; www.thelonghaul.org; open Su-Th: "We are primarily an activist center and community space. We do have an extensive radical periodical collection spanning the past couple of decades. Anarchist and radical zines encouraged. If you're donating a zine, please indicate that it's a donation for the library/infoshop."
Santa Cruz Anarchist Infoshop, 509 Broadway, Santa Cruz CA 95060-4621; open daily: This new infoshop houses a huge anarchist lending library, a giant zine collection, free tea, amazing people, soon-to-be free public internet access and computer publishing access, and much more.
West Coast Zine Collection, Special Collections and University Archives, Library and Information Access, San Diego State University, 5500 Campanile Dr., San Diego CA 92182-8050; infodome.sdsu.edu/about/depts/spcollections/rarebooks/zinesfindingaid.shtml: "We aim to build an archive of West Coast zines and comics. Zines in this collection will not circulate beyond the library but anyone can use the Archive. We are collecting all zines related to gender and gender issues, music, art, and popular and alternative culture." Focuses on publications west of the Mississippi and south of the U.S.-Mexico Border.

Colorado

Colorado College, Tutt Library, 1021 N. Cascade Ave., Colorado Springs CO 80903; (719)389-6668; www.coloradocollege.edu/library/SpecialCollections/zines: "We mostly buy zines from Colorado, Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Wyoming."
Denver Zine Library – new contact info: PO Box 13826, Denver CO 80201; drop-in: 1644 Platte St.; www.denverzinelibrary.org; open Sa-Su or by appointment: "Denver Zine Library's new e-mail address is denverzinelibrary@gmail.com and we now have 7,000+ zines. We are also located in Studio 103 (still at 1644 Platte St) in Denver."

Connecticut

Alternative Media Library and Resource Center, PO Box 204902, New Haven CT 06520; www.yale.edu/altmedia; michelle.chen@yale.edu; drop-in: Whiteridge Study of the Calhoun College library, Yale University; open to non-students by appointment only.: "The AMLRC has set up a collection of print media artifacts, including zines from all over the country. One of the primary purposes of the AMLRC is to expose students to non-mainstream forms of communication and art, both within the student body as well as in the city of New Haven."
Mad Hatters IMC, 241 Main St., Suite 3, Danbury CT 06810: "The Mad Hatters Independent Media Center is trying to build up a zine library. Seeking donations."
Thomas J. Dodd Research Center, University of Connecticut, Archives and Special Collections, 405 Babbidge Rd., Unit 1205, Storrs CT 06269-1205; 860-486-4500; www.lib.uconn.edu/online/research/speclib/ASC: The Alternative Press Collections contains comics and fanzines. Their collection of comics consists of over 70 titles. Fanzines, collected from the United States and Western Europe, are primarily science fiction and fantasy.

District of Columbia

Brian MacKenzie Infoshop, 1426 9th St. NW, Washington DC 20001; dcinfoshop@mutualaid.org; www.dcinfoshop.org; open daily: "A non-profit, cooperatively run space. The infoshop serves to distribute and sell radical literature." Also hosts a radical reading library.
Provisions Library: Resource Center for Activism & Arts, 1611 Connecticut Ave. NW, 2nd Fl., Washington DC 20009, attn: Alicia Koundakjian, associate librarian; 202-299-0460 ext. 14; aliciak@provisionslibrary.org; www.provisionslibrary.org: "We're an alternative library in Washington, DC, dedicated to radical social change through art and activism. We have a small collection of zines at the moment, but are looking to acquire more. We have a great reading room and the ability to catalog and provide access to them."

Florida

Civic Media Center, 1021 West University Ave., Gainesville FL 32601; 352-373-0010; coordinator@civicmediacenter.org; www.civicmediacenter.org; open M-Sa: "We carry more than 10,000 books, journals, zines, videotapes, audio tapes, and newspapers by independent, non-corporate press on a wide variety of subjects. Several community groups in Gainesville use the Center regularly as a meeting place or office space." Library catalog on website.
New College of Florida, Jackie Wang, 5800 Bay Shore Rd., Box #330, Sarasota FL 34243; www.ncf.edu/diversity: "Hello! I'm Jackie Wang and I help out at an infoshop/alternative media center on my college's campus. We're currently working on expanding our zine library and would love to include your zine! Our infoshop is currently located in the Diversity and Gender Center on campus. Our periodicals cover a wide range of topics including feminism, labor, anarchism, DIY guides, sex, queer issues, class, race, etc. We also carry a wide range of perzines. If you would like to donate your zine or old zines you no longer want, please feel free to mail them our way!"
Stonewall Library & Archives, 1717 N. Andrews Ave., Ft. Lauderdale FL 33311; 954-763-8565; info@stonewall-library.org; www.stonewall-library.org: "Our mission is to collect, preserve, organize for use, and display materials relating to gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender culture and history." Contact before donating.

Illinois

Chicago Underground Library, PO Box 11040, Chicago IL 60611; drop-in: Butchershop/Lasso Gallery, 1319 W. Lake Street, 3rd Fl. info@underground-library.org; www.underground-library.org: "The Chicago Underground Library is a project that aims to create an archive of self- and small press-published works in Chicago. Through a searchable online archive and eventually a physical space, it will open new opportunities for research, inspiration, and collaboration among those in and outside of the publishing community." Looking for donations and loans of items published in Chicago; see website for donation form. Also looking for volunteers.
DePaul Zine Collection, DePaul University Libraries, Special Collections & Archives, 2350 N. Kenmore Ave., Room 314, Chicago IL 60614; 773-325-7864; http://www.lib.depaul.edu/speccoll/guides/upc.htm: "The DePaul Zine Collection grew out of collecting efforts during the Underground Press Conference held at DePaul University in 1994. Zines collected at this conference are the core of the Chicago Great Lakes Underground Press collection. Additional collections came to DePaul as donations from individual zine collectors and publishers." Welcomes current submissions from the Midwest.
Ela Area Public Library, 275 Mohawk Trail, Lake Zurich IL 60047; www.eapl.org; jgroth@eapl.org; 847-438-3433; open daily: "We will carry a wide variety of zines, mini-comics, etc., that would appeal to older teens / twenty-somethings. We will accept donations of current zines created in Illinois."
The Neo-Futurists, Attn: Tiny Zine Library, 5153 N. Ashland Ave., Chicago IL 60640; www.neofuturists.org: The Neo-Futurists theatre company is "creating a tiny zine library in the Neo kitchen, so that while you wait for the show to begin, you can open the pages of an independently produced publication. To be included in this tiny library, drop off or send no more than five copies of your zine."
Urbana-Champaign Independent Media Center Library, 218 W. Main St., Urbana IL 61801; 217-344-8820; www.ucimc.org/library/; open daily: "The U-C IMC Library is a non-profit volunteer collective that supports the information needs of the IMC media creators and the community at large. The library attempts to collect material that gives voice to those not portrayed in the mainstream/corporate media outlets." Collects, periodicals, books, zines, videos, etc.; catalog online.

Iowa

Zine Machine, PO Box 10022, Iowa City IA 52245; info@zinemachine.org; www.ZineMachine.org; drop-in: University of Iowa Main Library (New Acquisitions area, 1st floor), at the corner of Madison St. & Washington St., Iowa City: "Hi there, I'd like to get the word out that I've set up a Zine Machine, a vending machine dedicated to zines, books, and minicomics. It's in the Main Library of the University of Iowa, and I'm taking submissions from anyone who's interested in putting some work in the machine. The only stipulations are: it must be no larger than an 8.5" x 5.5" (anything smaller is fine), and a portion of the profits are to be donated to the Friends of the Library (the artist/creator decides how much)."

Kansas

Solidarity! Revolutionary Center and Radical Library, 1109 Massachusetts St., Lawrence KS 66044, www.lawrencesolidarity.net: "Solidarity! is an all-volunteer operated lending library, infoshop, and community space. Solidarity! offers over 4,000 books on topics ranging from anarchism to environmentalism, from feminism to vegan cooking. We are also home to over 5,000 magazines, periodicals, pamphlets, zines, and other publications. We host many live events (shows, film screenings, discussions, etc.) and serve as a free-of-charge community space for other local organizations to hold meetings and events." Open noon-6 p.m. Sun-Thurs, 9 a.m. - 9 p.m. Sat.

Kentucky

University of Kentucky Zine Archive, Special Collections & Digital Programs, c/o Deirdre Scaggs, King Library, 179 Funkhouser Dr., University of Kentucky, Lexington KY 40506-0039; ukzinelibrary@gmail.com: "The University of Kentucky Zine Archive opened in the fall of 2006. The collections' focus concentrates on zines produced in or discussing the Southern United States and/or environmental issues (bikes, veganism, sustainable communities, etc.) The collection is housed in the Breckenridge Room of King Library. Currently soliciting zine donations of all kinds, particularly those pertaining to the Southern United States or environmental issues. Our collection is non-circulating and is open M-F, 8-5."

Louisiana

Aboveground Zine Library, 107 E. Lakeshore Dr., Carriere MS 39426, attn: Robb Roemershauser; 504-250-9543; drop-in: Iron Rail Bookstore, 511 Marigny St., New Orleans LA 70117, 504-944-0366; www.geocities.com/abovegroundlibrary; abovegroundlibrary@yahoo.com: "Accepts zines including riot grrl, anarchy, music, punk, hardcore, queer, and fiction (no porn or hate zines)." The Aboveground Zine Library reopened two months after Hurricane Katrina hit New Orleans; no zines were damaged. Open afternoons daily.

Maryland

Baltimore County Public Library Zine Collection, Cockeysville Library, 9833 Greenside Dr., Cockeysville MD 21030-2188; 410-877-7750; bcplzines@gmail.com: The BCPL Zine Collection is a pilot project of the Baltimore County Public Library system. Accepting donations; also hosts zine readings and other zine events. Zines can be checked out and even borrowed via interlibrary loan. Open daily M-Sa.

Massachusetts

Flywheel Zine Library, 2 Holyoke St., Easthampton MA 01027; 413-527-9800; info@flywheelarts.org; www.flywheelarts.org: Flywheel, a collectively run, not-for-profit space, aims to build community and give artists of all types the opportunity to craft, practice, and perform their work in an environment where creativity is valued over profit.
Lucy Parsons Center, 549 Columbus Ave., Boston MA 02118-1125; 617-267-6272; lucyparsons@tao.ca; www.lucyparsons.org; open daily: "The Lucy Parsons Center has a well-stocked bookstore ... covering every wing of the progressive movement. We also receive, display, and distribute dozens of newsletters, events notices, and flyers from projects and organizations locally and around the world."
Papercut Zine Library, 45 Mt. Auburn St., Cambridge MA 02138; 617-492-2606; www.myspace.com/papercutzinelibrary; papercut@riseup.net: "The Papercut Zine Library Collective is a fully functioning lending library complete with free membership and an extensive catalog. Our library includes a space for people to come and make their own zines, hold discussions, experiment with materials, and just chill and read. We currently have more than 5000 zines." Welcomes zine donations of any type. Hours vary.
Winchester High School Zine Library. New address (for donations): WHS Library, attn: Zine Collection, 80 Skillings Rd., Winchester MA 01890.: "I'm looking for donations of zines. ... It's in the high school library and a really awesome way to introduce high schoolers to zines, as well as inspiring them to create their own."

Michigan

Bloom Collective, 1132 Wealthy St. SE, Grand Rapids MI 49506; www.mediamouse.org/library; bloom@mediamouse.org; open M, Tu-Sa: "As part of our infoshop we maintain a non-circulating zine library. We welcome donations to our library that primarily caters to the local progressive/radical/alternative community."
Brighter Days Infoshop, 1914 E. Michigan Ave., Lansing MI 48912; 517-367-6069; www.geocities.com/Lansing_Infoshop: Offers a resource center with a lending library, a community space, educational events, and more.
Labadie Collection, 711 Harlan Hatcher Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor MI 48109; attn: Julie Herrada; 734-764-9377; jherrada@umich.edu; www.lib.umich.edu/spec-coll/labadie; open M-Sa: Primarily interested in anarchist-leaning publications. "We still collect anarchist zines, but also the not-explicitly-anarchist-but-with-anarchist-leanings like anti-tech, radical environmental, animal liberation, alternative energies and economies, DIY, critical mass, etc., and zines written by and about transgenders, especially trans-youth."
Michigan State University Libraries, 100 Library, Michigan State University, East Lansing MI 48824-1048, attn: Randall W. Scott, Popular Culture Bibliographer; 517 355-3770; scottr@msu.edu; www.lib.msu.edu/comics; open daily: "We are accepting zines, and though we focus our cataloging efforts on comix ones, all are welcome. The zines are not kept separate in our collection but cataloged using the Library of Congress system. Cataloging is slow but sure: nothing is disrespected or thrown away."
Petoskey Public Library, 500 E. Mitchell, Petoskey MI 49770; library@petoskeylibrary.org; www.petoskeylibrary.org: Has a small zine collection as part of its Teen Room, not cataloged.
Rocket Star Café, 1502 W. Michigan, Kalamazoo MI 49006; www.rocketstarcafe.com: Seeking donations. Open daily.
Ypsilanti District Library, Stacey Palazzolo, Outreach Services, 5577 Whittaker Rd., Ypsilanti MI 48197; (734) 482-4110, ext. 1340; palazzolo@ypsilibrary.org: "We have started a collection that lives near the young adult area and the CD collection. We have about 100 zines+ (and growing), and we are always seeking more. The zines are sign-out only. The library sometimes hosts zine-making workshops for all ages. Our intention is to introduce young adults to the world of zines with the hope encouraging them to express themselves through this art form, however it is that they are inspired, and in the process, learn about other people and their experiences."

Minnesota

Arise Bookstore and Resource Center, 2441 Lyndale Ave., Minneapolis MN 55405; 612-871-7110; www.arisebookstore.org; paarise@mtn.org; open daily: "Arise is: a bookstore carrying alternative books and periodicals for people involved in South African, Irish, Native American, and other liberation struggles; a library of books, periodicals, files and videos (for in-house use only); and a space for public events."
Bat Annex Free School Library, c/o Belfry Center for Social and Cultural Activities, 3753 Bloomington Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55407; www.belfrycenter.wetpaint.com; belfrycenter@gmail.com; 612-724-4293; open Su, during events, and by appointment: "We carry all types of zines but especially activism and political, are always looking for donations and volunteers, and are open to the general public at no fee. Our zines are circulating."
Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Library Zine Collection, 1501 Hennepin Ave., Minneapolis MN 55403, attn: Tom Eland; www.mctc.mnscu.edu/library/pages/alternative.htm: "Our zines do not circulate but are available for viewing and photocopying in the library. We currently have about 2,500 zines in the collection." Accepts all donations.
Stevens Square Center for the Arts, Gerald Prokop, 1905 3rd Ave. S., Minneapolis MN 55404; zines@stevensarts.org; www.stevensarts.org/zines; Open during exhibits.

Missouri

Bread and Roses Library, Colleen McKee, Head Librarian c/o CAMP Zines, PO Box 63232, St. Louis MO 63163; lilyofthegutter@yahoo.com; www.stlcamp.org/bread_rose.html; drop-in: The library will be located at 3022 Cherokee, at the corner of Cherokee and Minnesota. Although it is not yet open due to extensive renovation of the building.

Montana

Mansfield Library, attn: Jordan Goffin, Special Collections Librarian, MLIB 411, The University of Montana-Missoula, 32 Campus Dr. #9936, Missoula MT 59812; (406)243-4036; jordan.goffin@umontana.edu — new contact, now open M-F
Slumgullion Small Press and Zine Collection, unknown; www.slumgullion.org: Slumgullion has moved and is in the process of reconfiguring its operations; the zine collection is in storage, and there is no current mailing address. Email umbrellatooth@yahoo.com for more information.

Nebraska

Omaha Zine Library, Robyn, 3030 Marcy St., Omaha NE 68105; craftyone77@gmail.com; www.freewebs.com/omaha_zines: "Hey all, I run (sometimes poorly) the Omaha Zine Library. I haven't had much money lately to buy a ton of zines, but I still have the desire to create the biggest zine library in the Midwest right here in Omaha. If you have any zines, zine collections, or even want to make a PayPal donation so I can pick up zines for the library, you are a rock star!"

New Mexico

Warehouse 21, 1614 Paseo de Peralta, Santa Fe NM 87501; 505-989-4423; www.warehouse21.org; open M-F: "W21 kindly receives zines in art, poetry, politics and social issues."

New York

ABC No Rio Zine Library, 156 Rivington St., New York NY 10002; 212-254-3697 ext. 323; www.abcnorio.org/facilities/zine_library.html; zine@abcnorio.org: "ABC No Rio is a collectively-run center for art and activism. The ABC No Rio Zine Library contains more than 7000 items. We are most interested in zines addressing political and social issues. Our focus does not include poetry."
Access Community Infoshop, 3180 Main St., Buffalo NY 14214; accesscommunity@hotmail.com; www.accesscommunity.net: "Access Community Infoshop is a public space that promotes independent learning, creative expression, public discourse, and sustainable living in the Buffalo area."
Barnard Library, 3009 Broadway, New York NY 10027, attn: Jenna Freedman; zines@barnard.edu, www.barnard.edu/library/zines/index.htm: "Barnard College collects women's zines, specializing in nonfiction about Third Wave feminism and personal zines by women of color, urban (especially New York City) women, and by women writing about feminist issues. The library prefers to collect two copies of each zine: one for casual use, the other to be preserved." Catalog online.
Durland Alternatives Library, 127 Anabel Taylor Hall, Cornell University, Ithica NY 14853; 607-255-6486; alt-lib@cornell.edu; www.alternativeslibrary.org: "We collect progressive political, alternative health, human rights and prison issues, homeschooling, ecology, and more - we try to offer zines that are not available in other places in town. We are also interested in viewpoints not expressed in mainstream media sources and look for information that is getting harder and harder to find."
Freespace Community Center, 16 E. 8th St., Huntington Station NY 11746; 516-616-3151; info@freespace.org; www.lifreespace.org; send donations to: Phil Schappert, 156, Sound Rd., Wading River NY 11792: "Long Island Freespace is a center that provides resources, space, and technical assistance to young artists and activists. It is a nonprofit organization comprised entirely of young people, which seeks to facilitate the growth of art, music, and a progressive positive youth culture. We are attempting to create a zine/book library, which we hope to stock with progressive literature and writings that are out of the mainstream; we are in dire need of books especially. In addition, we are looking to create an independent publishing resource center."
Ironweed Infoshop, 98 Grand St., Albany NY 12202; 518-436-0929; ironweedcollective.org/infoshop: "We offer a wide selection of book titles, covering subjects such as black liberation, feminism, anarchy, ecology, and much more. We also house a large collection of zines and small publications." Also has a music exchange, video selection, and media center; volunteer-run and organized.
May Day Infoshop, 155 First Ave., New York NY 10003; www.maydaybooks.net; open daily: "(We are) committed to providing the working class with resources that will assist their efforts to understand and transform the world. We distribute a variety of books, periodicals, pamphlets, audio and video tapes, and other educational materials on contemporary political, economic, and social issues through our bookstore and lending library."
The Poetry and Rare Books Collection, 420 Capen Hall, University of Buffalo, Buffalo NY 14260; ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/pl; open M-F: Poetry Collection includes about 5,000 "little magazine" titles.
Purchase College Zine Library, 735 Anderson Hill Rd. #1333, Purchase NY 10577, attn: Alisa Richter; culturevulture7@aol.com
Rochester Infoshop, 222 Driving Park Ave., Rochester NY 14613: "The Rochester Infoshop is a cross tendency radical anti-capitalist library that hosts everything from anarchy, anarchist-communism, anarcho-syndicalism, primitivism, green anarchy, deep ecology, platformism, situationism, council communism, autonomist marxism, internationalism, international struggles, globalization, existentialism, and periodicals." Seeking donations of good periodicals.
Root Cellar Zine Library, Bard College, PO Box 5000, Annandale-on-Hudson NY 12504; drop-in: basement of McVicker; cs792@bard.edu, dr587@bard.edu; student.bard.edu/clubs/rootcellar: "We have thousands of zines and at one time in the '90s we were the largest zine library on the East Coast. Not catalogued, but organized by theme. Located in the basement of McVicker (behind Stone Row)." Open afternoons/evenings Monday through Friday.
Zine Library!, Ironweed House, 98 Grand St., Albany NY 12202; www.ironweedcollective.org

North Carolina

Action for Community in Raleigh, 2419 Mayview St., Raleigh NC 27607; raleighaction.org; 919-341-8263: The Action for Community infoshop "has a zine library, bike project, skill shares, FNB, meeting space, and more."
Internationalist Books and Community Center, 405 W. Franklin St., Chapel Hill NC 27516; 919-942-1740; www.myspace.com/internationalistbooks: Has both zines available for sale and in their Radical Lending Library. Open 11 a.m. - 8 p.m. Mon-Sat; noon - 6 p.m. Sun.
Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture, Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library, Duke University, Box 90185, Durham NC 27708-0185; 919-660-5967; cwhc@duke.edu; library.duke.edu/specialcollections/bingham/index.html: "The Bingham Center women's zine collection was created when Sarah Dyer gave her collection of over 1,000 zines in the year 2000. ... Since then, there have been several other named collections donated. Currently there are over 3,500 zines in the collection, with a majority dated from 1985-2005. The Bingham Center collects zines primarily by women, girls, and women-identified people. ... The zines are part of the Rare Book, Manuscript, and Special Collections Library and do not circulate outside of the Reading Room."

Ohio

Cleveland Public Library - Popular Library, 325 Superior Ave., Cleveland OH 44114; 216-623-2842; popular@cpl.org http://poplib.cpl.org/index.php?q=node/57: "CPL's zine library was started as a way to let zinesters from Ohio have a presence in the library. The zine library has expanded recently and now houses several hundred zines from across the United States in a variety of genres. Zines circulate for three weeks and are accessible to anyone walking in the door."
Cuyahoga County Public Library System, Independence Branch, Attn: Angeline Kapferer, 6361 Selig Dr., Independence OH 44131; www.cuyahogalibrary.org; akapferer@cuyahogalibrary.org; 216-447-0160; open daily: "I carry zines that are by teens or of interest to teens. It's a small rack in the teen area for browsing only. Zines are 'checked out' on the honor system. You may borrow it but please please please return." Seeking donations.
Ray and Pat Browne Library For Popular Culture Studies, William T. Jerome Library, 4th Floor Bowling Green State University, Bowling Green OH 43403; 419-372-2450: "We collect zines in the areas of media (especially television), mystery, romance, science fiction, fantasy, horror, Star Trek, diplomacy game zines, popular politics, etc. We tend not to collect more literary ones, especially fiction and poetry. Our Sound Recording Archives (which is separate from the Popular Culture Library) also has a collection of music zines."

Oregon

Cascadia Rising Infoshop, 1540 SE Clinton, Portland OR 97202; 503-232-6003; www.geocities.com/crinfoshop; "hours are erratic due to a lack of volunteer help," open M-Sa.: "We offer a lending library of more than 1000 books. As an activist resource center we store a variety of activist tools, including sign making materials, computers, literature, salvaged paper, flyers for existing campaigns and lots more."
Independent Publishing Resource Center, 917 SW Oak Street #218, Portland OR 97205; 503-827-0249; www.iprc.org/library.php; library@iprc.org; open Su-Sa: "The IPRC maintains a library of more than 4,000 self-published and independently produced materials that are not otherwise represented in public libraries and that may be lost forever without our efforts. Located on the shelves are comics, chapbooks, novels, catalogs, zines, artists' books, and more."
Knight Library - Special Collections, 1501 Kincaid St., Eugene OR 97403-1299, attn: Melissa Anderson; melissaa@uoregon.edu; open M-Sa: "We accept zines that are political, environmental, and reflect personal experience narratives. In particular, we are interested in acquiring zines written in the Northwest and West. Our colleciton is open to the public, but zines do not circulate outside the library, to ensure the longevity of these materials for the historical record."
Multnomah County Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., Portland OR 97205; 503-988-5123; www.multcolib.org/books/zines/: "Zines are on the shelves at the Central Library and in five neighborhood libraries. We've tried to purchase zines on a wide range of subjects, with special attention to work by local zinesters, but our collection is still very small... Hopefully zines will eventually be available in all 17 of Multnomah County's libraries. The zine collection circulates under the same policies as the library's other materials. Zines are fully accessible in the library's OPAC.
Pacific NW College of Art, attn: Zine Collection, 1241 NW Johnson Street, Portland OR 97209: "The Pacific NW College of Art is starting a zine collection in the school library! I'll be sort of taking charge of it while I'm a student there, and I'm trying to obtain zines, which will all become part of this permanent collection. Any format, style, genre, etc., is welcome. I would really love to have mini-comics in the collection as well. If anyone has any ideas or suggestions, please contact zines@nicheless.com."

Pennsylvania

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, 4400 Forbes Avenue, Pittsburgh PA 15213; 412-622-3118; wilkj@carnegielibrary.org; www.clpgh.org.: Teen Reading Room contains a variety of zines for public perusal. Contact the library's Teen Department for information on zine donations. The collection now circulates and is listed on CLP Teen Zeens LibraryThing catalog ( www.librarything.com/catalog.php?view=clpteenszines).

Tennessee

Linebaugh Public Library, 105 W. Vine St., Murfreesboro TN 37130; zines@linebaugh.org; www.linebaugh.org/zines.htm: "Linebaugh Public Library recently started a zine collection. Zines can be checked out by library patrons. Donations are welcomed — please get in touch! Especially interested in zines published in the Southeast US and zines appropriate for young adults: perzines, DIY topics, comics, feminism, etc. We hold zine workshops on a regular basis."

Texas

Austin Zine Library, 300 Allen St., Austin TX 78702; www.geocities.com/theaustinzinelibrary; austinzinelibrary@yahoo.com; drop-in: inside the Rhizome Collective, in the back warehouse, in the back left corner, across from the Food Not Bombs kitchen; open Su, Tu: "The Austin Zine Library is a new organization, to provide zine-lovers and other curious folks a place where they can come and read underground literature they might not be able to find anywhere else. We have about 1,500 zines, and are always looking for more." Seeking volunteers.

Utah

City Library Zine Collection, attn: Michele Widera, Level 2, Salt Lake City Public Library, 210 E. 400 South, Salt Lake City UT 84111; 801-322-8131; mwidera@slcpl.org; open daily: "The City Library Zine Collection includes about 6,000 zines from around the world. We're actively looking to acquire more titles and are interested in just about every type of zine (unless it includes illegal content - we are taxpayer funded after all.) Email if you'd like to submit your zine. We also have smaller collections in the Teen Department at the Main Library and in each of our five branches."
Judge Memorial Catholic High School, Julie Bartel, Salt Lake City; jbartel@judgememorial.com: "I want to start a zine collection at our school... If you have zines you'd be willing to donate, please let me know. Given that this is a high school, content should err on the safe side. I'll be using zines to—among other things—conduct teacher workshops, so hopefully at least a couple of them will incorporate the format into their teaching. ... If you'd like more info before considering donating, I'm happy to answer questions." [Note: Julie was formerly in charge of the zine collection at the Salt Lake City Public Library and wrote the book From A to Zine: Building a Winning Zine Collection in Your Library.]

VERMONT

Black Sheep Books, 4 Langdon St., Montpelier VT 05602; www.blacksheepbooks.org; 802-229-5951: "Black Sheep Books, a community space and bookstore, offers affordable radical books and zines, and hosts educational events. Our principle focus is to provide access to anti-authoritarian Left ideas in a way that promotes intellectual debate and challenges today’s hegemonic culture. We appreciate zine donations to support this project!"

Virginia

The Flying Brick Library and Reading Room, PO Box 5021, Richmond VA 23220, attn: Greg Wells; 804-644-2544; gregwells36@hotmail.com; drop-in: 506 S. Pine St., Richmond VA 23220, call first: "The Flying Brick Library and Reading Room is a small radical resource library based in the front room of a collectively owned household of anarchists. We ... have a collection that includes 2,000 books available for checkout as well as 1,500 periodicals, 500 zines and pamphlets, comics and file folders covering a wide range of national and local political and social issues. We are always looking for new zines that deal with political, social, and personal issues."

Washington

Evergreen Infoshoppe, The Evergreen State College, Student Activities, CAB 320, Olympia WA 98505; 360-867-5114; evergreeninforshoppe@yahoo.com; hours subject to volunteer availability: "The infoshoppe accepts all zine donations for its library, but especially wants submissions from students, locals, and alumni. ... We aim to spread awareness of campus groups, establish a central community calendar and bulletin board, and help fund individual zine projects."
Olympia Zine Library, 211 4th Ave. E., Olympia WA 98501 (inside Last Word Books); olymedia@mutualaid.org: "After a period of neglect, the Olympia Zine Library has just recently been reorganized, and the next projects are to recruit more volunteers and make a database inventory of the zines. The bulk of the collection is made up of music, punk, political, personal, and riot grrrl zines. We accept all zine donations."
Seattle Public Library, Jennifer Bisson, Teen Librarian c/o Teen Center, 1000 4th Ave., Seattle WA 98104; TeenCenter@spl.org; www.spl.org: "Attention Seattle zinesters! The Seattle Public Library (SPL) is starting a trial zine collection at the Central Library. Located in the Teen Section, the collection will feature zines created by younger people in the Pacific Northwest, especially the greater Seattle area. Patrons may read zines in the library or borrow them to enjoy at home. We encourage local self-publishers to help us broaden our collection by donating their zines, comics, and other self-published literary endeavors. Our goal is to create a collection that will represent the amazing variety of zines, comics and other self-published works produced by young people in the Northwest and introduce these often-overlooked publications to a wider audience."
Zine Archives & Publishing Project, c/o Richard Hugo House, 1634 11th Ave., Seattle WA 98122; 206-322-7030; zines@hugohouse.org; www.hugohouse.org/events/zapp: The Zine Archive & Publishing Project (ZAPP) inside the Richard Hugo House has been put on hiatus. Volunteers say the future of the project remains uncertain, although the Hugo House website says it plans to reopen the collection sometime in 2008. Currently the large zine collection is in storage, but may be accessible by appointment. ZAPP is still taking donations. For more information, contact Nora Mukaihata at noramukaihata@hugohouse.org.

Wisconsin

Library of the Wisconsin State Historical Society, James P. Danky, Newspapers and Periodicals Librarian, Wisconsin Historical Society, 816 State St., Madison WI 53706; 608-264-6598; open M-Sa: "We are most interested in acquiring copies of every zine published in Wisconsin, whether by donation or purchase. Information about our holdings can be found in the online catalog to the University of Wisconsin-Madison libraries."
Library Workers Zine Collection, SLIS Library, 4th Floor, Helen C. White Hall, 600 N. Park St., Madison WI 53703; aasellie@wisc.edu; www.library.wisc.edu/libraries/slislib: "We collect zines that are made by, for or about libraries or librarians. Zines should mention something related to library topics in order to be added to the collection. If you are a librarian and create a zine, your work does not have to be explicitly or solely about libraries to be added to the collection, and you can work in any form of alternative library or infoshop to be considered a librarian."
Madison Infoshop, 1019 Williamson, Madison WI 53703; 608-262-9036; www.madisoninfoshop.org; open M-F: "We're a volunteer-run resource center available to the Madison and UW community. We're a community space offering a range of resources including, but not limited to, books, magazines, videos, and topic files, from an activist perspective."
Malcolm Shabazz City High School, The Little Voice Zine Library, Denise M. Aulik, 1601 N. Sherman Ave., Madison WI 53704: "Our fledgling library is part of a Language Arts writing initiative focusing on the history of the underground press and independent publications. We accept donations. All materials are previewed by an experienced, liberal-minded English Teacher and Librarian."
Queer Zine Archive Project, 2935 N. Fratney, Milwaukee WI 53212; www.qzap.org; qzap@qzap.org: "The mission of the Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) is to establish a "living history" archive of past and present queer zines and to encourage current and emerging zine publishers to continue to create." Collection is online only; collects all queer zines of all formats (print and digital).

Online Zine Libraries

localCHAOS online 'zine archive, www-personal.umich.edu/~wdean/localchaos/zines1.html: "This collection of skate and music 'zines are mostly from the 80s with a few from recent history. This is the only Michigan based 'zine library/project that is available online. Zines from all over the United States are part of this collection."
zinelibrary.net, 211 E. 4th Ave., Olympia WA 98501; zinelibrary@riseup.net: Online archive of "anti-capitalist, anti-authoritarian publications," by the Olympia Media Project. Zines are scanned and posted as PDFs; organized by categories. Seeking donations of zines, or scan your zine and email them the PDF.

List updated January 2008

Thanks to Slingshot (3124 Shattuck Ave., Berkeley CA 94704, slingshot.tao.ca), Shannon Colebank (Whizzbanger Productions, PO Box 5591, Portland OR 97228) for the additional info and Alex Wrekk (Stolen Sharpie Revolution, www.smallworldbuttons.com). Chip Rowe also has a nice zine library page on his website that is well worth checking out.

Infoshops & Zine Libraries