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What's a zine?
Here are some ideas on what makes a zine a zine:
From Papercut Zine Library in Boston:
A zine can be loosely defined as an underground publication that is independently produced and self-published, typically photocopied. People make zines out if a desire to share stories, knowledge, thoughts, opinions, and experiences. Zines are made for love, not for profit.
From the Sally Bingham Center for Women’s History and Culture:
Zines are not easily defined. They can be a messy hodgepodge of personal thoughts or an expertly designed political treatise. They can fit easily into a pocket or take up an entire 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of paper. They can be heavily collaged or minimalist; colored or black-and-white; handwritten or typed; stapled, sewn, or loose. The unifying thread is their outside-of-the-mainstream existence as independently written, produced, and distributed media that value freedom of expression and freedom from rules above all else.
Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main Zine Collection Blog on Wordpress
This blog provides information about the zine collection at the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main, as well as information about zines and zine collections elsewhere. You can sign up to receive new blog posts by email on the right-hand side of the page.
Zines in Our Collection
The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Main Zine Collection is made up of the donated Comic Release zine collection, which focuses heavily on comics and art zines, and the general adult zine collection, which also has literary, personal, and various types of informational zines, for example zines on activism, biking, gardening, and zine librarianship. We try to have a collection that is balanced across subject areas and that speaks to community needs and interests. We do have some zines in the collection because of their historical significance, but we have more contemporary zines than archival material.
Our zines are located in a nook on the right-hand side of the First Floor as you enter from the main lobby. The zines cannot be checked out, but you can read them anywhere in the library.
The zines are cataloged on LibraryThing if you'd like to see what zines we have in the collection or search for a particular title.
Return to the topDonations
We accept some zine donations. We definitely want all locally-authored zines! Contact us at newandfeatured@carnegielibrary.org for more info.
ZINE RESOURCES:
A zine is a self-published, noncommercial publication about anything by anyone.
A sampling from the Bikes category of the adult zine collection. They touch on bike repair, bike trips, BMX bike culture, and women and cycling.
Zines are a great source of information about health issues. There are also a number of zines that feature compelling stories of people's personal experiences with illness.
These zines deal with social change and are located in the Zine Collection on the First Floor of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, Main.
These zines contain stories about various kinds of traveling. Find them in the Zine Collection on the First Floor of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh-Main. Browse Zines at LibraryThing
These zines address issues of education, teaching, and schools.
Find these zines about various occupations in the Zine Collection on the First Floor of Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh - Main.
> Click here for instructions on how to make a zine
GENERAL ZINE WEBSITES:
- Google Map of Zine Libraries & Archives (U.S.)
- Zine Wiki
- Underground Press Zine Resources
- Grrrl Zine Network
- Barnard College Zine Library Blog
- Allegheny County Library Association Youth Services Zines Resources
ONLINE ZINE GROUPS:
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ZINE DISTROS:
PITTSBURGH BOOKSTORES THAT SELL ZINES:
The Big Idea Bookstore
4812 Liberty Ave.
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
412-687-4323 (412-OUR-HEAD)
Copacetic Comics
3138 Dobson St #3
Pittsburgh, PA 15219
412-251-5451
