Look Back Library is a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the history of skateboard magazines and printed skateboard materials through exhibits, community outreach, and the building of publicly accessible skateboard magazine libraries.[1][2]
The Look Back Library aims to promote literacy and the appreciation of printed skateboard materials, particularly magazines, through community outreach such as exhibits and installing skate magazine libraries at local Skate shops and other venues.[3]
Founded by Kevin Marks in 2015, 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.[4][5] 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.[2] The Look Back HQ is located in San Diego, CA, with Marks spending a good portion of the year traveling and installing libraries.[6]