{"id":160096,"date":"2015-09-11T14:46:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-11T18:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/?page_id=160096"},"modified":"2026-04-01T15:18:49","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T19:18:49","slug":"zine-library","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.gcc.mass.edu\/library\/zine-library\/","title":{"rendered":"Zine Library"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our zine collection is a collaborative project with the GCC Art Department. Located on display shelves near the south entrance of the Nahman-Watson Library, the collection features many works created by GCC art students, as well as others members of the GCC and wider local community. Zines are for in-library use only.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Do you make zines?<\/strong> We would be happy to add your work to our collection! Contact us at <a href=\"mailto:library@gcc.mass.edu\">library@gcc.mass.edu<\/a> or stop by the library.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What is a zine?<\/strong><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Zines are basically small, self-published magazines that are usually written by one person and distributed through an intricate network of individuals and collectives.<\/p>\n<p>Zines are about diversity, creativity, innovation, and expression. As a group, zines deliberately lack cohesion of form or function, representing as they do individual visions and ideals rather than professional or corporate objectives. With zines, anything goes. Anything. They can be about toasters, food, a favorite television show, thrift stores, anarchism, candy, bunnies, sexual abuse, architecture, war, gingerbread men, activism, retirement homes, comics, eating disorders, Barbie dolls\u2014 you name it. There are personal zines, music zines, and sports zines, zines about politics and zines about pop culture.<\/p>\n<p>There is infinite variety to be found in the content, format, and construction of zines, and there are no rules or restrictions to speak of. If you can imagine it and create it, you can make it into a zine.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Excerpted from:<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Bartel, Julie. From A to Zine : Building a Winning Zine Collection in Your Library. Chicago, IL, USA: ALA Editions, 2005. ProQuest ebrary. Web. 31 August 2015.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our zine collection is a collaborative project with the GCC Art Department. Located on display shelves near the south entrance of the Nahman-Watson Library, the collection features many works created by GCC art students, as well as others members of the GCC and wider local community. Zines are for in-library use only. 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