On March 18, 2021 Barnard Zine Library staff led a STEM of Zines workshop. Here are the resources.
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“A world without police and prisons is not something we can get just by making demands of the state. A world that is genuinely safe and nourishing for us all, one without punishment or exile is one that makes demands of us: that we take care of each other.”
New Barnard Zine Technician and Barnumbia family member, Claudia, reviews the 2020 Barnard/Columbia Disorientation Guide!
Josalynn Smith, Rita Nguyen 'BC 23, and Jenna Freedman led a workshop on using Canvas, Google Slides, and InDesign to make zines. Here are the slides, video, and zine templates.
We're hiring a Zine Tech! $30/hour for 10-15 hours/week. Note: we need you in person/on campus for half the hours, as long as it's safe. https://careers.barnard.edu/postings/5282
Here's a quick update from the Barnard Zine Library. Rather, it's sort of a collection of updates.
Big Wing Little Wing by Emily is the Barnard Zine Library's Zine of the Month for October 2020.
Barnard Zine Assistant, Mikako Murphy reviews Indoorsy, a quaranzine series around the themes of the past and present.
We're recognizing Professor Lozano for her innovative and collaborative 'Radio Immigrante' project! We've also named three runner-ups - Meredith Benjamin, Wendy Schor-Haim, and Cecelia Lie-Spahn - for their work with the Zine library.
Sillywish #5 is a zine made by a queer, white 14-year-old in 1996. With creator Ocean Capewell's blessing, we have digitized it and provided you a page-by-page view (with transcriptions for screen readers) of her high school freshman self. She writes about depression, body image, and crushing on a friend (using "they" pronouns when "they" was often used by closeted people to avoid specifying a gender, not nonbinary). Other features include quotes from Saved by the Bell and Susan Sontag, zine reviews, and a page about the riot grrrl band Team Dresch.
The Barnard Zine Library is physically closed, but staff are working to collect, catalog, and provide access to zines. We are also prepared to teach classes and support research.
Share your voice with the Archives, add a Zine to our collection, or collaborate on documentation with the Media Center.
Cristen Kennedy from Being Barnard invited us to contribute to their Sexual Assault Awareness Month (SAAM) project by sharing recommended zines on the topic.
Womxn & Nonbinary People: We Want Your COVID-19 Zines!
The Barnard Library will award $2,500 to two researchers to support their use of its Archives, Media Center, Zine Library, and other collections/resources.
The Pine Tree Scholars program introduces Barnard and Columbia students to the crafts associated with fine book production, such as typography, letterpress printing, bookbinding, and papermaking, as well as to the rare and art book trades. Most of these sessions include a hands-on component but no prior experience is necessary. All mandatory sessions will take place on Friday afternoons; two optional sessions take place other times.
Megnot Mulugeta and Jade Levine interview each other about working in the zine library.