ZINES AT THE BROOKLYN COLLEGE LIBRARY http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu Sun, 12 May 2013 15:45:37 +0000 en-CAC hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 CUNY Chapfest http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/03/cuny-chapfest/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/03/cuny-chapfest/#comments Fri, 03 May 2013 09:57:16 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=715 Continue reading →]]> The CUNY Chapfest kicked off yesterday, but today if you come out to the Graduate Center you can attend the DIY panel on zines–at 3pm:

Zines: Creative Non-Fiction on the D.I.Y.

Zines have many definitions, but as handmade and self-published print publications created and sold within a community, they undeniably offer writers space to express themselves, most commonly in short-form prose.

Panelists Alycia Sellie (Brooklyn College Zine Librarian), Ray Cha (FAQNP), Mikki Halpin (Eyresses, a zine on Jane Eyre), and Kerri Radley (Deafula) discuss all things zine, including: intentional community, privacy and anonymity, publishing in print in a digital age, the freedom of self-publication, print as a political act, and self expression. Moderated by Anne Hays and Kimiko Hahn of the CUNY Creative Writing Affiliation Group.

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/03/cuny-chapfest/feed/ 0 DiTKO! http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/02/ditko/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/02/ditko/#comments Thu, 02 May 2013 14:42:25 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=710 Did you know that Silent Barn has a zine collection? We’re happy that Brooklyn has more zine library pals! Check their  Tumbr for more info!

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/05/02/ditko/feed/ 0 Tabling at the Brooklyn Zine Fest http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/04/tabling-at-the-brooklyn-zine-fest/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/04/tabling-at-the-brooklyn-zine-fest/#comments Thu, 04 Apr 2013 19:37:41 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=703 Continue reading →]]> The Brooklyn College Zine Collection will be represented at the upcoming Brooklyn Zine Fest on April 21. If you have a zine you would like to donate to the collection or would like to chat about zine librarianship, please come by and say hello!

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/04/04/tabling-at-the-brooklyn-zine-fest/feed/ 0 how to make a zine video http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/how-to-make-a-zine-video/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/how-to-make-a-zine-video/#comments Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:10:55 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=693 In case you need some inspiration, here’s a great how-to video, by :

Click here to view the embedded video.

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/02/28/how-to-make-a-zine-video/feed/ 0 Metro Annual 2013 Slides http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/01/15/metrocon13/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/01/15/metrocon13/#comments Wed, 16 Jan 2013 01:06:41 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=676 Continue reading →]]>

I’ve just returned from a great day at the 2013 Metro Annual Meeting and wanted to share the slides from my presentation about the zine collection. If anyone is interested in reading the accompanying notes, feel free to get in touch and I would be happy to send them to you.

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2013/01/15/metrocon13/feed/ 0 The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Benefit http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/20/the-way-the-lights-went-out-a-hurricane-sandy-benefit/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/20/the-way-the-lights-went-out-a-hurricane-sandy-benefit/#comments Thu, 20 Dec 2012 15:33:22 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=662 Continue reading →]]> Hey Brooklyn zinesters! Get in touch and donate your zines, or offer to read at this upcoming benefit for those affected by Hurricane Sandy:

The Way the Lights Went Out: A Hurricane Sandy Benefit
Wednesday, January 9, 7pm
Bluestockings 172 Allen St.
New York, NY 10002

This event will be both a zine reading and zine sale to benefit community resources destroyed by Hurricane Sandy. 100% of event proceeds will be donated to hurricane relief.

The two organizers, Kate Wadkins & Kate Angell, are working out specific event details, but zinesters are welcome to contact us with zines to donate. In addition, we’re still looking for readers if anyone would like to read from their zine.

Kate Angell can be contacted at myfeministfriends@gmail.com and Kate Wadkins at mskatherinewadkins@gmail.com.

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/20/the-way-the-lights-went-out-a-hurricane-sandy-benefit/feed/ 1 Zine Exhibit http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/05/zine-exhibit/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/05/zine-exhibit/#comments Wed, 05 Dec 2012 14:43:40 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=659 Just a note that if you haven’t yet seen the zine exhibit in the library, stop by soon! It will be up for the rest of December and will come down in January.

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/12/05/zine-exhibit/feed/ 0 Call for Working Class Zines http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/18/wczines/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/18/wczines/#comments Sun, 18 Nov 2012 16:44:11 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=649 Continue reading →]]> This summer I had a chat with one of my mentors about the zine collection, and she asked me if I had thought about focusing our collection on zines made by, for and about issues that related to being part of the working class.

Although I had already been searching for zines that relate to working class issues and identities, I’d like to be more explicit and ask for help: thus I’m creating this call, so that it might help me to find more of these zines to add to our collection. I have also changed our collection development policy to make working class zines an stated and central part of our collection.

We’ve had some really amazing donations and zines that have been made by our own Brooklyn College students about their experiences living outside of class privilege, and as someone who also grew up in similar outskirts, I’m really hopeful that more folks will get in touch and let me know if they make a zine that tackles working class issues.

Please leave a note, send an email (zinecollection(at)brooklyn.cuny.edu) or leave a comment here if you make or know of a zine that you think would be an important to include in this collection. Thank you!

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/11/18/wczines/feed/ 0 Class Visits http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/23/class-visits/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/23/class-visits/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:05:25 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=643 Continue reading →]]> Just wanted to send a quick thank you to Profs. Rosamond King and Natalie Nuzzo for inviting me into their classrooms this semester to talk about the zine collection.

And shortly everyone will be able to find the second edition of Where We’re From, the English 1012 zine, on the our shelves!

]]> http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/23/class-visits/feed/ 1 Literary Artifacts http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/23/literary-artifacts/ http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/2012/10/23/literary-artifacts/#comments Tue, 23 Oct 2012 15:02:24 +0000 Alycia Sellie http://brooklyncollegezines.commons.gc.cuny.edu/?p=640 Check it out: Kristopher Jansma just published this piece about the Brooklyn College Library Zine Collection over at The Outlet, titled Literary Artifacts: Say You Want a Revolution? Zines at the Brooklyn College Library.

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