COLLECTION DEVELOPMENT GUIDELINES
These guiding principles provide a framework for collection development strategies and decisions.
The University of Washington Libraries Zine Collection:
- Collects and acquires physical zines to support the University’s teaching and research missions and priorities, particularly for departments and programs that are utilizing zines in instruction.
- These departments include but are not limited to English; Art + Art History + Design; Comparative History of Ideas; Gender, Woman and Sexuality Studies; American Ethnic Studies; Asian Languages and Literature; Textual Studies.
- Avoids duplicating materials, except to meet compelling UW user needs, in order to maximize scarce economic and physical resources.
- Recognizes that unique local collections and areas of strength add value to both institutional and collaborative collections.
- Acquires resources that researchers and students need in the most effective and economical manner available, and actively works with stakeholders to diversify and supplement resources available for collection support.
- Promotes and provides support for the creation and sharing of zines as a sustainable alternative information medium.
- Prioritize collecting zines that are…
- made by and for UW students, especially those created within instruction and learning at the University of Washington.
- that are about making zines, since this collection is intended to support zine programming and inspire zine-making.
- have a connection to our local context of Seattle, Washington State, or the Pacific Northwest.