Civic Media Center Explained

Civic Media Center
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Address:433 South Main Street
Location City:Gainesville
Location Country:USA
Relocated Date:2009

The Civic Media Center (CMC) is a nonprofit infoshop, library and reading room in Gainesville, Florida, United States. It was set up in 1993 and in 2009 received the book collection of activist Stetson Kennedy.

History

The Civic Media Center (CMC) was set up as an infoshop and library in 1993 in Gainesville, Florida.[1] Founded as a nonprofit organization, the center was first located at 1021 West University Avenue, near to the University of Florida and housed a library cataloged by the American Council of Learned Societies. It was financially supported by benefit campaigns and member donations. It held its eighth birthday party at the Thomas Center in 2001, with folk singer Doug Gauss.[2] For its twenty fifth birthday it hosted a talk from Amy Goodman.[3]

The CMC began an annual fundraising dinner program in 1999 called SpringBoard. Guests pay from $10 to $20 for a dinner cooked by volunteers and speakers have included Diane Roberts, Nadine Smith and Ann Wright.[4] The CMC moved location again in 2009, to 433 South Main Street in Gainesville.[5] It then became the repository for Stetson Kennedy's personal library, which contained around 2,000 books and publications collected over his career as a folklore archivist and activist.[6] It took several years to catalog the collection.[7]

As well as being a library, the CMC developed into a community resource as a meeting space, music venue and arts center.[8] It hosts film screenings, talks and meetings.[9] It also has a zine collection.[10]

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Notes and References

  1. Dodge . Chris . Taking Libraries to the Street: Infoshops & Alternative Reading Rooms . American Libraries . 1998 . 29 . 5 . 62–64 . 25634969 . 0002-9769.
  2. News: Doug Gauss helps the Civic Media Center celebrate 8th birthday . 13 September 2020 . Gainesville Iguana . https://web.archive.org/web/20051110144821/http://www.afn.org/%7Eiguana/archives/2001_09/20010908.html . 2005-11-10.
  3. News: Amy Goodman at the Civic Media Center's 25th Anniversary Celebration . 12 September 2020 . Democracy Now! . 19 October 2018 . en . 17 December 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20191217221226/https://www.democracynow.org/events/2018/10/amy_goodman_at_the_civic_media_centers_25th_anniversary_celebration_1479 . live .
  4. News: Esteban O. . Sullivan . Annual SpringBoard at the Civic Media Center . 12 September 2020 . The Fine Print . 4 April 2010 . 9 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009140456/http://thefineprintmag.org/annual-springboard-at-the-civic-media-center/ . live .
  5. News: CMC opens new locale; will be given author's collection . Gainesville Sun . https://web.archive.org/web/20110615095855/http://www.gainesville.com/article/20090222/ARTICLES/902221016 . 2011-06-15 . en.
  6. News: Edition . Front Page . Civic Media Center receives Stetson Kennedy's book collection . 12 September 2020 . WUFT News . 30 August 2011 . 9 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009140453/https://www.wuft.org/news/2011/08/30/civic-media-center-receives-stetson-kennedys-book-collection/ . live .
  7. News: Sturgis . Sue . Commemorating the life of Stetson Kennedy, the Florida muckraker who helped bring down the Klan . 12 September 2020 . Facing South . 4 October 2016 . en . 14 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200814093719/https://www.facingsouth.org/2016/10/commemorating-life-stetson-kennedy-florida-muckraker-who-helped-bring-down-klan . live .
  8. Schmidt . James . How To Maintain An Alternative Library: The Civic Media Center Five Years On . Librarians at Liberty . 1998 . 4 . 2 . 1069-0832.
  9. Web site: Mills . Alexa . A Day in Gainesville, Florida . CoLab Radio . 12 September 2020 . en . 23 January 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170123033525/http://colabradio.mit.edu/a-day-in-gainesville-florida/ . live .
  10. News: Staff writer . Remember the zine? Fans want you to, and here's how . 12 September 2020 . Tampa Bay Times . 13 September 2013 . en . 9 October 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20201009140453/https://www.tampabay.com/features/popculture/remember-the-zine-fans-want-you-to-and-heres-how/2141630/ . live .

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