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Alternative Press Collection Resources
Alternative Press Collection Building:
Chris Atton. Alternative literature: a practical
guide for librarians. Aldershot, Hampshire, England: Gower, 1996.
202 p. index ISBN 0-566-07665-9 cloth $79.95. Distributed by Ashgate Publishing
Co., Old Post Road, Brookfield, VT 05036. 802/276-3162; Fax: 802/276/3837; <http://www.ashgate.com/#>.
MCTC Library Call Number, 025.21 At81a 1996.
New Pages
, News, information and guides to independent bookstores,
independent publishers, literary periodicals, alternative periodicals,
independent record labels, alternative newsweeklies and more.
Alternative Press Book Publishers:
Alternative publishers of books in North
America. American Library Association, Social Responsibilities
Round Table, Alternatives in Print Task Force. Byron Anderson, editor and
compiler. 4th biennial edition, revised and enlarged, 1999-2000. With a
foreword by Herbert I. Schiller and a preface by Ben H. Bagdikian. Gainesville,
FL : CRISES Press, 1999. 150p. Bibliographical references, webography and
indexes. ISBN 0-9640119-8-0, paper, $20. A directory of 148 significant presses
selected by members of the Task Force. Available from CRISES Press, 1716 SW
Williston Road, Gainesville, FL 32608. Phone: (352) 335-2200. Email:
willett@gnv.fdt.net.
Alternative Press Periodicals:
Annotations: A guide to the independent critical
press, 2nd updated ed. by Marie Jones (General Editor), Charles
D'Adamo, Robert Rosenthal, Beth Schulman, and Les Wade. Baltimore, MD:
Alternative Press Center, 1999; San Francisco, CA: Independent Press
Assocation, 512p. index. Complete publication information on the over 300
magazines and journals indexed by the Alternative Press Index. ISBN
0-9653894-2-1 paper $24.95 <www.altpress.org/annotate.html>.
Located in the library's index area next to the Alternative Press Index.
Alternative Press Periodical & Zine Review Journals:
Alternative press review. Columbia, MO
: C.A.L. Press, 1993 ed. by Jason McQuinn. 84p. ISSN 1072-7299 Irregular.
Standard class: $16/year. Original articles, reprinted essays, and short
reviews spanning the genre from scholarly journal to radical zine. C.A.L.
Press, P. O, Box 1446, Columbia, MO 65205. 314/442-4352. Email:
subscriptions@altpr.org, <www.altpr.org/>.
Located in the library's periodical collection.
Broken pencil: the guide to alternative culture in
Canada. ed. by Hilary Clark and Hal Niedzviecki. ISSN 1201-8996.
Semiannual. Reviews, interviews, zine excerpts, cartoons, and short sections
focusing on e-zines, music and books. 3 issues: CN$12 in Canada, US$14 in USA,
US$18 overseas. Broken Pencil, P. O. Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, Canada
M5S 2S7. 416/538-2813; Fax: 416/340-9001. <www.brokenpencil.com>.
Located in the library's zine collection
Counterpoise: "For social responsibilities, liberty
and dissent." ed. by Charles Willett and a volunteer staff of area
specialists; published by Civic Media Center and Library, Inc. ISSN 1092-0714.
Quarterly. International journal for the alternative press: reviews, letters,
essays. Indexed. Inst. $35, Indiv. $25. Low income $15. Sample copy $9.
Counterpoise, 1716 SW Williston Road, Gainesville, FL 32608. 352/335-2200.
Email: willett@gnv.fdt.net, <www.civicmediacenter.org/oldsite/counterpoise/>.
Located in the library's periodical collection
New Pages Zine Rack,
geared toward librarians who might be interested in
including zines in their collections.
A Reader's guide to the underground
press. Formerly Zine World. San Francisco, CA. A digest-sized
review publication devoted to covering "small-scale amateur books and
periodicals" $20 for seven issues, A Reader's Guide to the Underground Press,
PMB 2386, 537 Jones Street, San Francisco, CA 94102. <www.undergroundpress.org>.
Located in the library's zine collection
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