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Zines

Collection at Pratt Institute Libraries and general information about Zines
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The Library Was

The Library Was sees OOMK reimagining the function, aesthetic and user culture of the library.

Two Fisted Library Stories

Pulp-inspired library stories.

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Cite This Zine

Cite This Zine is an informational one-page folding-zine on how to cite zines properly in three formats: MLA, APA, and Chicago style.

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Zine Librarians Code of Ethics

The Zine Librarians Code of Ethics is a tool to be used for acquiring, managing, preserving, and making accessible zines in a library setting, whether the collection is housed in a public, academic, or special library; an archives; or a basement.

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Shelf Life

Shelf life is a series of actions and a starting point for examining larger systems of power a reader might overlook for the merits or enjoyment of an individual book. These actions invite you to reflect on how your collected knowledge may be incomplete, even if there are some sections that feature a diversity of voices.

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Library of the Last Line

A collection of last lines from various literary works that have influenced the artist.

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Fashion Library Memor Zine : not just about the cardigans and spectacles

London College of Fashion library staff share memories of much loved garments with stories, illustrations and photos for the inaugural issue of Fashion Library Memor Zine: not just about the cardigans and spectacles.

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Barnard Zine Library zine

Describes the creation, upkeep, and use of the Barnard College Library's zine collection, which focuses on women's writings, and provides some general information about zines.

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Library Excavations

Library Excavations is a project and publication series that highlights and activates physical materials found in public libraries. It encourages intensive browsing of paper and print resources, particularly those that are under-utilized, or at risk of being withdrawn and discarded.

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Zines in libraries : collecting, cataloging, community

This metazine made by zine librarians for a June 2015 American Library Association preconference session is a workbook with activities for librarians to think about the role of zines in their libraries, communities, and institutions.

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Guerrilla Open Access

This pamphlet is part of a series of 7 created for the Radical Open Access II- The Ethics of Care conference at Coventry University June 26-27 2018.

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Predatory Publishing

This pamphlet is published in a series of 7 as part of the Radical Open Access II - The Ethics of Care conference, which took place June 26-27 at Coventry University.

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Shared Authority: Zine Union Catalog for Beginners

A zine documenting a project by four digital humanities students at the CUNY Graduate Center to prototype a Zine union catalog using CollectiveAccess, an open source software tool that manages and publishes museum, archives, and library content.

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A Zine about Sci-Hub

This zine is about sci-hub, and covers a variety of topics (in however much detail this small zine will allow)!

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Sometimes Archives are Really Weird (but that's why I love them)

An exploration of archival collections, including tools and techniques of processing, and possibly haunted items.

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Scream at the Librarian: Sketches of our Patrons in Downtown Los Angeles

Scream at the Librarian presents Joel J. Rane's experiences as a reference librarian at the Central Library in downtown Los Angeles.

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ArtTickle : a zine produced by Jill, the art librarian at Temple University

Jill, a librarian at Temple University writes about public art installations, conferences, new databases, and recommended zines and books.

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LIS Microaggressions

A space for those working in libraries, archives, and informatoin fields to share their experiences with microaggresions

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How Did We Get Here : A Zine About Privacy and the Library

This zine is based on the work of the Data Privacy Project and on the article. “Library Privacy in Practice: System Change and Challenges” by Seeta Peña.

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New Paltz Zine Library

Information about the New Paltz Zine Library in New Paltz, NY.

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Decker Library Erotic Collection

An overview of the erotic collection in MICA's Decker Library with materials dating from 1933 and 1970-2000s, which "represent a period of trying to evade Obsenity Laws or arrest for being homosexual."

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Please Distribute : Power to the User

We are a collective of users who want to dismantle the assumption that tech companies like Google, Facebook, Twitter, and Apple are the authority figures who dictate our needs and desires. And this is our manifesto.

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Digital Disobedients

DVD included with 1st issue. Digital Disobedients is a curatorial project meant to educate people about .NET ART and Digtial art. Through the use of videos, magazines, prints and lectures Digital Disobedients hopes to display works that are sometimes considered esoteric and make them accessible to a wide range of people.

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Building Consentful Tech

Covers what consent looks like for digital bodies, the importance of consent within technology, as well as ways consent can be incorporated within the design process of technology. The zine is split into multiple sections exploring different questions and topics.

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Collecting the Uncollectable : Zines in Archives

Created for presentation at the 40th Annual ARLIS/North American Conference in Toronto, Ontario from March 29-April 2, 2012.

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A Comix about data, targeted ads on Facebook, and trauma.

Zine covering topics of electronic surveillance and computer algorithms.

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Zine studies fanzine! : ARLIS/NA 2012 Toronto

Created for the ARLIS North America Conference held in Toronto in 2012. Made with various subscription databases, Google Scholar, Worldcat, Google search engine, email messages, & my own personal library.

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Chinatown Needs Housing Not Jail

Explores the history of the Lower Manhattan jail site, the "Tombs" and the interwoven histories that led to the current mobilization against jail expansion.


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