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| − | + | The '''San Francisco Public Library''' (SFPL) in San Francisco, California is home to the Little Maga/Zine Collection, founded in 1966. The collection documents the alternative press of the San Francisco Bay Area. Little magazines representing almost every literary and social movement from the 1940s onward may be found here. The library started collecting [[zines]] in 1991. Ephemera and reference materials on the history of little magazines and zines also included. The collection holds over 4,000 items (more than 1,000 titles) accessible through a finding aid and online catalog. | |
Considered one of the most important collections of its kind in a public library, the Little Maga/Zine Collection is located in the Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center on the sixth floor of the Main Library. | Considered one of the most important collections of its kind in a public library, the Little Maga/Zine Collection is located in the Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center on the sixth floor of the Main Library. | ||
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== External Links == | == External Links == | ||
| − | *[http://www.sfpl.org | + | *[http://www.sfpl.org SFPL official website] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/book-arts-special-collections/little-magazine-collection SFPL Little Maga/Zine Collection page] |
| − | *[ | + | *[https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/book-arts-special-collections SFPL Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center] |
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*[http://sfpl.org/pdf/libraries/main/bookarts/ZinesFlyer.pdf Call for Zines] | *[http://sfpl.org/pdf/libraries/main/bookarts/ZinesFlyer.pdf Call for Zines] | ||
| − | *[ | + | *[https://sfpl.org/locations/main-library/book-arts-special-collections/little-magazine-collection/collection-wins-sf Best of the Bay] |
[[Category:Zine Library]] | [[Category:Zine Library]] | ||
[[Category:Public library zine collections]] | [[Category:Public library zine collections]] | ||
[[Category:Collection]] | [[Category:Collection]] | ||
Latest revision as of 02:25, 15 August 2023
The San Francisco Public Library (SFPL) in San Francisco, California is home to the Little Maga/Zine Collection, founded in 1966. The collection documents the alternative press of the San Francisco Bay Area. Little magazines representing almost every literary and social movement from the 1940s onward may be found here. The library started collecting zines in 1991. Ephemera and reference materials on the history of little magazines and zines also included. The collection holds over 4,000 items (more than 1,000 titles) accessible through a finding aid and online catalog.
Considered one of the most important collections of its kind in a public library, the Little Maga/Zine Collection is located in the Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections Center on the sixth floor of the Main Library.
The collection is open to the public seven days a week: Monday: 9am-6pm; Tuesday-Thursday: 9am-8pm; Friday: 12-6pm; Saturday: 10am-6pm; Sunday: 12pm–6pm. No appointment is necessary.
Contact
The Little Maga/Zine Collection
Marjorie G. and Carl W. Stern Book Arts & Special Collections
San Francisco Public Library
100 Larkin Street
San Francisco, CA 94102
(Attn: Andrea Grimes)
Phone: 415.557.4560
Email: bookarts@sfpl.org
