Research Guides: ZINES at Williams Libraries: Zines Online

Flipthroughs from the circulating collection

Due to the physical nature of the circulating zine collection, remote access is limited. However, while the libraries are closed and instruction continues remotely, a selection of zine flipthroughs are available for individuals with a williams.edu email address. Visit the flipthrough archive to browse available titles, and check back often as the archive is frequently updated. Have a suggestion for a flipthrough? Email Hale and let them know!

People of Color Zine Project

Internet Archive Online Zines

Zines and Digitization - thinking critically

Why We're Not Digitizing Zines (Kelly Wooten)
Short post and discussion from Librarian Kelly Wooten of the Sallie Bingham Center for Women's History and Culture at Duke University.
Zines Are Not Blogs: a Not Unbiased Analysis (Jenna Freedman)
Outlines some of the differences between zines and blogs and makes the case for some of the important and unique qualities of zines when it comes to motivation, authorship, editing, and distribution.

QZAP

Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) | "The Queer Zine Archive Project (QZAP) was first launched in November 2003 in an effort to preserve queer zines and make them available to other queers, researchers, historians, punks, and anyone else who has an interest DIY publishing and underground queer communities." This collection includes over 400 fully digitized zines from queer communities.

Anarchist/Socialist Zine Library

Digital archive of zines covering a range of topics under the broad subjects of studying, living well, practical work, and creating culture.

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