Humanities Arts Cultural Stu 0247 - Hampshire Zine Library: Practicum & Research Workshop

The Hampshire College Zine Collection (HCZC) is a non-circulating library of over 1,000 zines. It was created by student zinemakers in the 1990s. In the late 2000s, the Zine Collective, a student group, reorganized and enlarged the collection, moving it to the Harold F. Johnson Library. Now, in the 2020s, the collection has been recategorized and expanded by a new generation of students, librarians, archivists, and professors. In this practicum and research workshop, students will study the politics and ethics of zine librarianship, while learning practical (if unconventional) skills of zine cataloging. Together, we will conduct an audit of the HCZC and make recommendations for its ongoing growth and stewardship. Additionally, students will conduct a research study in the collection, aided by the lenses of critical archives and librarianship studies. The end product of this research will be a zine of the student's design. Collaborative zines are possible and encouraged. This course is best suited to Division I and early Division II students.The modest materials fee will support zine production. Keywords:Zines, library, archives, research

Lab/Materials fee:$20 Students should expect to spend 8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time