Feminist Bookstore News Booklist Database FAQ

How to participate
1. Select an issue of Feminist Bookstore News that has not been reviewed for the booklist yet. That list is here: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1nDrqe-_oOxOkqi736PvuVpoc60746s6a...
To sign up for an issue, see the FBN Booklist Sign Up spreadsheet to identify which issues have already been taken.
Add your name to the issue you have chosen so other people know not to work on that issue.
2. Find the issue on Lesbian Poetry Archives.
All of the issues are available here: https://www.lesbianpoetryarchive.org/fbn
You can access this page directly through the FBN Booklist Sign Up spreadsheet under the column titled “LPA link”, or
Directly on the Lesbian Poetry Archives website. They appear in numerical order from left to right, top to bottom as well as at the bottom of the page in listicle order.
3. Review and index the issue in its accompanying spreadsheet, filling out a new row for each book title using the detailed instructions in this document: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1tav0_gODl2T1qPLPXJNlPpy5811FS-osUJ75....
You can access the Google Sheets in the FBN Project Files Folder in Google Drive using this link: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/0/folders/14Nj9L1o6Og45HNGUUn7n9Yzu_-y7...
There is one spreadsheet per volume. To access the correct individual sheet for your issue, you’ll want to open the corresponding Google Sheet and look at the bottom tabs for your specific issue.

Additional FAQs

What if a book has 2 publishers or 2 years mentioned?
Please create 2 separate entries for each publisher, or year mentioned.

Why can’t I input a date before 1970 or after 2001?
We created our database with date perimeters between 1970 - 2001. If the date you have encountered falls outside these restrictions, please add it to the Human Generated Notes/ Comments from FBN column and highlight it in yellow.

Should I include magazines or volumes that are mentioned?
At this stage we are only documenting books mentioned in the FBN issues.

Compiled by Ruby Stefanucci

Have fun and stay tuned for Zoom hangouts to work together on this project!