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The [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ State Library of Victoria] has one of the largest public [[zine]] collections in Australia.
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The [http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/ State Library of Victoria] has the largest public [[zine]] collection in Australia, approximately 4000-5000. The collection focus is [[zines]] produced in Australia, however, occasional non-Australian [[zines]] have been acquired inadvertently.
  
The collection is Australian only, however, occasional non-Australian [[zines]] have been acquired inadvertently.
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Individual [[zines]] in the collection have not been catalogued to date (February 2008), aside from the limited number of zines that were acquired by legal deposit, largely before 2000, however box lists are available listing titles in each box. [[Zines]] are filed by acquisition date, e.g. "1/7, June 2007", "2/7 2007" etc, as well as a separate running number on all boxes in the collection.
 
 
To date (February 2008) the collection runs to ~140 standard serial boxes of [[zines]], or 18-20 linear metres of shelf space.
 
 
 
Individual [[zines]] have not been catalogued to date (February 2008), however box lists are available listing individual [[zines]] in each box. [[Zines]] are filed by acquisition date, e.g. "1/7, June 2007", "2/7 2007" etc, as well as a separate running number on all boxes in the collection.
 
  
 
==History==
 
==History==
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The State Library of Victoria began actively collecting [[zines]] in 2000, following a decision to acquire all Australian [[zines]] stocked at [http://www.polyester.com.au/ Polyester Books] in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.  
 
The State Library of Victoria began actively collecting [[zines]] in 2000, following a decision to acquire all Australian [[zines]] stocked at [http://www.polyester.com.au/ Polyester Books] in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.  
  
More recently the State Library has also initiated a similar 'blanket order' for Australian [[zines]] with [[Sticky]], and has been the recipient of the [[Eloise Peace]] [[zine]] collection, which covers the period 1993 to 1999, significantly expanding the State Library's collection strength for this period.
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More recently the State Library has also initiated a similar 'blanket order' for Australian [[zines]] with [[Sticky]], and has been the recipient of a number of small personal [[zine]] collections, such as the [[Eloise Peace]] [[zine]] collection, which has significantly extended the coverage of the zine collection backwards into the 1990s.
  
 
[[Category:Zine Library]] [[Category:Australian Zine Libraries]]
 
[[Category:Zine Library]] [[Category:Australian Zine Libraries]]

Revision as of 00:28, 17 February 2009

The State Library of Victoria has the largest public zine collection in Australia, approximately 4000-5000. The collection focus is zines produced in Australia, however, occasional non-Australian zines have been acquired inadvertently.

Individual zines in the collection have not been catalogued to date (February 2008), aside from the limited number of zines that were acquired by legal deposit, largely before 2000, however box lists are available listing titles in each box. Zines are filed by acquisition date, e.g. "1/7, June 2007", "2/7 2007" etc, as well as a separate running number on all boxes in the collection.

History

The State Library of Victoria began actively collecting zines in 2000, following a decision to acquire all Australian zines stocked at Polyester Books in Brunswick Street, Fitzroy.

More recently the State Library has also initiated a similar 'blanket order' for Australian zines with Sticky, and has been the recipient of a number of small personal zine collections, such as the Eloise Peace zine collection, which has significantly extended the coverage of the zine collection backwards into the 1990s.