Look Back Library Explained

Type:Nonprofit organization
Headquarters:San Diego, California, U.S.
Look Back Library
Founder:Kevin Marks
Staff:1

Look Back Library (LBL) is a non-profit organization dedicated to preserving the history of skateboard magazines, and other printed skateboard materials, through traveling exhibits and the building of publicly accessible skateboard magazine libraries.[1] [2] [3]

Mission

As a "Skate Mag Preservation Society" the Look Back Library aims to promote literacy and the appreciation of printed skateboard materials, particularly magazines. The LBL engages in community outreach through exhibits of classic skate magazines; as well as, installing skate magazine libraries at local Skate shops and other venues.[4]

History

Founded by Kevin Marks in 2014, the Look Back Library originated from a pet project of Marks' to improve the skate magazine library at Launch, a community skate organization located in Fort Collins, Colorado.[5] [6] While improving the library at Launch, he noticed considerable interest from both readers and collectors. Marks conceived of the Look Back Library as a way to place the magazine duplicates he was accumulating into a space where the public could read them. The Look Back HQ is located in San Diego, CA, with Marks spending a good portion of the year traveling and installing libraries.[7] [8]

41 Years of the Ollie

In 2019, Look Back Library travelled around the United States, touring a show titled 41 Years of the Ollie - a magazine cover exhibit exploring the history of the ollie.[9]

Libraries

California

Washington

Oregon

Colorado

New Mexico

Arizona

Virginia

Pennsylvania

New York

New Jersey

Massachusetts

Maryland

North Carolina

Georgia

South Carolina

Florida

Texas

Oklahoma

Nebraska

Kentucky

Indiana

Tennessee

Ohio

Wisconsin

Minnesota

Illinois

Kansas

Michigan

Missouri

Canada

Australia

Note: *libraries available by appointment only

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lookback Library Video and Events. www.thrashermagazine.com. en. 2019-07-03.
  2. Web site: LOCALS: BUILDING FREE SKATE MAGAZINE LIBRARIES WITH KEVIN MARKS. 2016-04-04. Jenkem Magazine. en. 2019-07-03.
  3. Web site: Look Back Library: the World's Largest Collection of Skate Magazines. HYPEBEAST. 17 April 2020 . 2020-04-21.
  4. Web site: How the world's biggest skate mag collection become a hub for learning. 2019-04-25. Huck Magazine. en-US. 2019-07-03.
  5. Web site: Look Back Library. 2017-02-08. Next Up Foundation. en-US. 2019-07-03.
  6. Web site: Looking Back Library – Interview with Kevin Marks by Sergej Vutuc. admin. 2016-04-24. Confusion Magazine: International Skateboarding Magazine. en-US. 2019-07-03.
  7. Web site: These Skateboard Magazine Libraries Are Fighting To Immortalise Print. Konbini - All Pop Everything!. fr. 2019-07-03.
  8. Web site: A Look into the Look Back Library . SOLO Skateboardmagazine . en.
  9. Web site: Lookback Library Video and Events . www.thrashermagazine.com . en.
  10. Web site: CATCHING UP WITH KEVIN, THE TRAVELING SKATE MAG LIBRARIAN . Jenkem Magazine . en . 9 July 2019.
  11. Web site: Bland . David Travis . Kevin Marks Brings His Archive of Skateboard Magazines to Columbia . Post and Courier . 20 April 2016 . en.

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