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This site is home to news and information related to the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection. Our collection began in 2011 and consists of print zines. Our primary focus is upon zines created within or about the borough of Brooklyn, although we also collect other work.
For more information, see About the Collection.
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Collection Building
The collection is growing in leaps and bounds. We’re working on getting the 400+ issues that have been donated cataloged, ordering shelves for the browsing collection, and just yesterday I went and retrieved the amazing donation that you see pictured … Continue reading
Zine Workshop–October 7, 2011
If you are interested to learn more about the Brooklyn College Zine Collection, I will be holding a brief introductory workshop and zine viewing session on Friday, October 7, 2011 from 1-2pm in the Brooklyn College Library’s Multipurpose Room (on … Continue reading
BCL Zine Collection Milestones
This week marks the arrival of many new students to the Brooklyn College campus, but also the departure of two amazing students whom I have grown to appreciate very much, and also depend upon: Robin Potter and Devon Nevola, our … Continue reading
An eventful summer comes to an end…
Well, I can’t believe how fast it has gone by, but this is the the last day of our summer internship with the Zine Collection at Brooklyn College Library! My fellow intern, Devon Nevola, and I have had many great … Continue reading
The Summer of the Zine
It seems that the end of August is upon us and what that means for us here at the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection is <sigh> the end of our internship. Robin and I have spent several months working under … Continue reading
From the Borough to BCL
Today was a milestone in what I consider to be a vital part of librarianship: getting to know your community. We had our first walk-in zine donation here at the library. Yes, we have been getting envelopes stuffed with great … Continue reading
Hurrah for our Zine Interns!
We’re proud to welcome Devon Nevola and Robin Potter to the Brooklyn College Library as our summer zine interns! Devon and Robin are both LIS students who will serve as instrumental agents of organization, order and documentation for our budding … Continue reading
What’s a Zine, Anyway? Presentation
Click the link above for the slide show that was presented at Brooklyn College’s 2011 Faculty Day about our new zine collection.
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Welcome to the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection Site!
We’re just getting started with the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection–we will have our first intern this summer, we’re beginning to catalog and organize materials for the collection, and zine librarian Alycia Sellie will be presenting her vision for the … Continue reading
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