{"id":9153,"date":"2018-05-03T15:16:34","date_gmt":"2018-05-03T21:16:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/?p=9153"},"modified":"2021-01-07T17:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-01-07T23:52:23","slug":"un-common-copies-zines-in-special-collections-and-archives","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.library.depaul.press\/full-text\/2018\/05\/03\/un-common-copies-zines-in-special-collections-and-archives\/","title":{"rendered":"Un\/Common Copies: Zines in Special Collections and Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Zine<\/a>
Offered as a free, ticketed pre-conference event, the visit to our Special Collections and Archives reached maximum capacity just 16 hours after the notice was posted.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Special Collections and Archives is home to a wide variety of research materials that are rare, unique, and valuable (think vellum, embellished leather bindings, university records, one of a kind letters and photographs, etc.). So why are collections of photocopies getting so much attention? Our zine collections<\/a> have\u00a0 attracted recent interest from faculty, students, a graduate student intern, and the organizers of Chicago Zine Fest<\/a>. In fact, a pre-conference Zine Fest event showcasing DePaul\u2019s zine collections \u201csold out<\/a>\u201d less than 24 hours after being advertised.<\/p>\n

\"Riot<\/a>
This riot grrrl<\/em> can be found in the Kim Nolan zine collection<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Zines<\/a> are self-published, small-run, inexpensive, DIY publications on topics that are often quirky, esoteric, niche, political, and highly personal. Many are hand-written and illustrated, often with collages and cut-outs, then photocopied for distribution. Others are created on digital platforms and circulated in print copies, while a newer generation are hosted on digital platforms and incorporate media files. DePaul’s Special Collections and Archives zine collections share a geographic focus of being produced in Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, Ohio, and Wisconsin (a scope established by the Chicago Great Lakes Underground Press Conference<\/a> ). The content within varies considerably \u2013 Julie Koslowsky, our recent graduate student intern from the School of Information Sciences<\/a> at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, identified 92 topical terms currently applied to zines across 18 collections, including comics, culture, fanzines, literature, music, prison, and women\u2019s issues, to name just a few.<\/p>\n

Some faculty (like the College of Communication\u2019s Daniel Makagon<\/a>) have worked with these collections for years, and have donated their own zines<\/a> to Special Collections and Archives, and we have met other faculty through our table at Zine Fest<\/a> who have then scheduled instruction sessions with us. Most recently, we have added zines to instruction sessions when they complement the content, format, or learning outcomes for the course.<\/p>\n

\"Madeline<\/a>
Pages<\/a> from DePaul student Madeline Happold’s “meta-zine”.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

This latter scenario was the case for John Shanahan<\/a>\u2019s winter course, ENG 471, Book and Media History.\u00a0 One of his students, undergraduate Madeline Happold, analyzed print and digital zines, and how the two media influence the reading and creation of zines. Her final product<\/a> is presented as a digital \u201cmeta-zine\u201d<\/a> of her research.\u00a0 Professor Shanahan found Madeline\u2019s project particularly exciting, \u201cespecially as it embodied one of the core concepts we talked about in class: \u2018remediation.\u2019\u2026[I]t remediated one form (print zine) into another (presentation and editing software). One could see the original AND also think about its affordances in light of its new presentation.\u201d\u00a0 He also admitted he had overlooked the zines in the past, not being familiar with the strength of the collections held at DePaul but that they bring new media breadth to his Book History course.<\/p>\n

Philosophy instructor Amelia Hruby recently brought two sections of her LSP 200 course to Special Collections and Archives to examine zines. Professor Hruby provided a set of questions to help guide students through their exploration.\u00a0 While written specifically for zines, the questions prompted students to consider elements such as author, content, format, and aesthetic. These careful analysis and interpretation skills are part of artifactual literacy<\/a>, and Special Collections and Archives works to model and teach these skills with a variety of materials and formats in our collection. What\u2019s especially fun with the zines is that students can often find materials that reflect some of their own fears, beliefs, experiences, and interests and the fact that these are self-published inexpensively can suggest to students that they, too, can be authors.<\/p>\n

\"LSP200\"<\/a>
Students in Amelia Hruby’s LSP 200 class examine zines in the Special Collections and Archives classroom.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Special Collections and Archives partners with faculty in offering an average of 65 instruction sessions per year, reaching over 1,000 students from a variety of disciplines (more than 20 different departments per year). \u00a0To discuss ideas, please contact Special Collections Instruction Librarian\u00a0Morgen MacIntosh Hodgetts<\/a> or submit an instruction session request<\/a>. To learn more about DePaul Special Collections and Archives, visit our\u00a0webpage<\/a>\u00a0or contact us at spca@depaul.libanswers.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n

“I find that when students are tasked with making a zine they become more engaged in the creation process and produce radically different results than when I assign an essay. I love helping them realize that they can be active creators of media and information, rather than just consumers of other peoples\u2019 ideas… ”\u00a0 ~ Amelia Hruby, Philosophy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Special Collections and Archives is home to a wide variety of research materials that are rare, unique, and valuable (think vellum, embellished leather bindings, university records, one of a kind letters and photographs, etc.). So why are collections of photocopies getting so much attention? Our zine collections have\u00a0 attracted recent interest from faculty, students, a <\/p>\n

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