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'''Jenna Freedman''' is a [[zinester]] and [[librarian]] from New York City. She writes the [[zine]], ''[[The Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out]]'' and founded the [http://www.barnard.edu/library/zines zine collection at the Barnard College Library].
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'''Jenna Freedman''' is a [[zinester]] and librarian from New York City. She writes the [[zine]], [[The Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out]] and founded the zine collection at the Barnard College Library. Her one-off zines include a zine tour zine, a compilation zine by librarians and archivists about menstruation and limited distribution zines from her wedding, friends' baby showers and a 12-hour zine challenge zine. She has occasionally contributed to other people's zines, notably those created by her close friend and fellow alumna of the University of South Florida's Library & Information Science graduate program [[Celia Perez]]. Freedman and Perez, along with [[Debbie Rasmussen]] and [[John Alexander Stevens]] participated in the [[Orderly Disorder: Zine Librarians in Circulation]] tour in the [[Fly Away Zine Mobile]] in the summer of 2011.  
  
Freedman has been the Coordinator of Reference Services and Zine Librarian at the [[Barnard College Library]] since 2002. She is also a founding member of the [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians Zine Librarians Yahoo Group] and of [http://radicalreference.info Radical Reference].
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Freedman is the Director of Research and Instructional Services and Zine Librarian at the [[Barnard College Library]] and has worked there since 2003. She is a founding member of the Zine Librarians Yahoo Group and of Radical Reference and writes and speaks frequently for trade and scholarly publications, and library and academic conferences about zines.  
  
Freedman was one of the participants in the March 2007 and June 2007 [[Bluestockings Zine Reading Extravaganza]], reading from her zine, ''The Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out''.
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Freedman founded and edited the quarterly Zine Reviews column in [[Library Journal]], which ran from 2008-2012.
  
Freedman also initiated and edits the quarterly Zine Reviews column in [http://www.libraryjournal.com/search/siteall?q=zines ''Library Journal''] Submission guidelines are available here[http://www.libraryjournal.com/info/CA6415258.html#Zines], or contact Freedman at ljzines@gmail.com with questions or comments.
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==Contact==
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* Contact Freedman at leslzine@gmail.com with questions or comments.
  
 
==External Links==
 
==External Links==
* [http://bc.barnard.columbia.edu/~jfreedma/ Official Site]
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* [http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info Official Site]
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** [http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info/academic Academic Page]
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** [http://lowereastsidelibrarian.info/zines Zines Page]
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* [http://bit.ly/PBLQgp Author page in Columbia University's Academic Commons]
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* [http://www.libraryjournal.com/search/siteall?q=zines ''Library Journal'' zines results]
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* [http://zinemobile.wordpress.com/orderly-disorder-zinester-librarians-in-circulation-tour Orderly Disorder tour site]
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* [http://radicalreference.info Radical Reference]
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* [http://zines.barnard.edu Zine collection at the Barnard College Library]
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* [http://groups.yahoo.com/group/zinelibrarians Zine Librarians Yahoo Group]
  
  
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Jenna Freedman

Jenna Freedman is a zinester and librarian from New York City. She writes the zine, The Lower East Side Librarian Winter Solstice Shout Out and founded the zine collection at the Barnard College Library. Her one-off zines include a zine tour zine, a compilation zine by librarians and archivists about menstruation and limited distribution zines from her wedding, friends' baby showers and a 12-hour zine challenge zine. She has occasionally contributed to other people's zines, notably those created by her close friend and fellow alumna of the University of South Florida's Library & Information Science graduate program Celia Perez. Freedman and Perez, along with Debbie Rasmussen and John Alexander Stevens participated in the Orderly Disorder: Zine Librarians in Circulation tour in the Fly Away Zine Mobile in the summer of 2011.

Freedman is the Director of Research and Instructional Services and Zine Librarian at the Barnard College Library and has worked there since 2003. She is a founding member of the Zine Librarians Yahoo Group and of Radical Reference and writes and speaks frequently for trade and scholarly publications, and library and academic conferences about zines.

Freedman founded and edited the quarterly Zine Reviews column in Library Journal, which ran from 2008-2012.

Contact

  • Contact Freedman at leslzine@gmail.com with questions or comments.

External Links