Revolting Librarians Assembly
Revolting Librarians Assembly
Although public libraries are understood as guardians of democracy and education,
there have always been reasons for blue-printing alternative library systems.
Independent libraries such as zine libraries or artist book archives emerge out of a need for representation apart from institutional systems
or as an emancipatory act to found their own system of knowledge.
In analog and digitalized times, the archiving of ephemera is a consistently developing and defining field. Its systems can range from a shoe carton to an independent digital platform, the values systems that shape them ask political, social, and economic questions.
Questions:
What could zine libraries learn from institutional libraries?
What can institutional libraries learn from independent zine libraries?
Give X Take X Share: How can we find a productive mode of exchange?
How could a careful and sustainable mode of archiving look for zines in the State Library?
Schikkimikki Zinedistro & Library
Aarhus Art Book & Zine Fest/ Abdul Dube
Nicole Döll/ Library: Gallery of Contemporary Art, Leipzig
