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The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media. (2001)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2001). The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media. Journal of Mundane Behavior, 20,

Alternative media may be characterised by the degree to which they are de-professionalised, de-institutionalised and de-capitalised. Using these characteristics as a starting point, the presence of the mundane in the production of alternative media i... Read More about The Mundane and its reproduction in alternative media..

‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines (2001)
Journal Article
ATTON, C. (2001). ‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines. Popular Music, 20(01), 29-46. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0261143001001295

At the height of its success in the first half of the 1970s, progressive rock was perhaps a surprisingly popular genre; surprising since its exponents strove to fuse classical models of composition and arrangement with electric instruments and extend... Read More about ‘Living in the Past’?: value discourses in progressive rock fanzines.

Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product' (2000)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (2000). Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'. Critical Quarterly, 42(4), 40-46. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8705.00318

Examines varied issues related to alternative media in Scotland. Analysis of a set of media practices collectively known as alternative media; Problems on finding an adequate definition for alternative media; Publication's position with respect to th... Read More about Alternative media in Scotland: Problems, positions and 'Product'.

The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s. New Library World, 100(1), 24-29. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809910248564

This article introduces the infoshop movement, a network of independent information centres run by political activists throughout Europe and the USA. The article defines and describes the nature of the infoshop, the services it provides and the natur... Read More about The infoshop: the alternative information centre of the 1990s.

A reassessment of the alternative press (1999)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1999). A reassessment of the alternative press. Media, Culture and Society, 21(1), 51-76. https://doi.org/10.1177/016344399021001003

This article revisits the Comedia group's assessment of the alternative press as one of commercial failure. It examines the British alternative press of the 1990s and finds that, while financial exigency and anti-commercialism are still prevalent, ne... Read More about A reassessment of the alternative press.

The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1998). The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections. Collection Building, 17(4), 154-158. https://doi.org/10.1108/01604959810238293

Argues that the hybrid nature of collection development (electronic and print) requires a corresponding hybridised system of collection exploitation. Proposes a model for the exploitation of hybrid cultural collections that draws on ethnographic prin... Read More about The librarian as ethnographer: notes towards a strategy for the exploitation of cultural collections.

The British alternative press in the 1990s. (1998)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1997). The British alternative press in the 1990s. Counterpoise : for social responsibilities, liberty and dissent, (7-9). ISSN 1092-0714

Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. (1996)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1996). Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing. Anarchist studies, 4, 115-132

The article summarises the constraints on alternative (print) publishing: economic, legal and social. It suggests that electronic publishing on the Internet might dispense with such constraints. After a discussion of anarchist views of the Internet,... Read More about Anarchy on the Internet: obstacles and opportunities for alternative electronic publishing..

Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression (1995)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1995). Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression. New Library World, 96(5), 5-9. https://doi.org/10.1108/03074809510147191

Considers two limits on freedom of expression in electronic media: the regulation of the Internet and electronic copyright. Examines these in two case studies, one on the status of anarchist publishing on the Internet, the other on the use of sam... Read More about Policing electronic information: threats to freedom of expression.

Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education. Journal of Academic Librarianship, 20(5-6), 310-313. https://doi.org/10.1016/0099-1333%2894%2990069-8

The article focuses on the critical examination of information in rewriting an undergraduate course of bibliographic instruction. By learning to ask questions, by learning from each other, by thinking critically and by taking responsibility for their... Read More about Using critical thinking as a basis for library user education.

Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. (1994)
Journal Article
Atton, C. (1994). Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection. Library Review, 43(4), 57-64. https://doi.org/10.1108/00242539410063605

There are thousands of small publishers, small presses and individuals in Britain currently producing textbooks, monographs, novels, poetry, journals, newspapers and other, non-standard, publications. Their output ranges from the stocklists of suc... Read More about Beyond the mainstream: examining alternative sources for stock selection..