The Douglas College library has circulating zine collections at both campus libraries.
- At Coquitlam campus they are on the main floor of the library outside the library classroom and at New Westminster campus library they are on the upper level at the top of the stairs.
You can browse in person or you can also browse online to see what we have.
Click here to browse the growing zine collection online.
NEW ZINES
ZINES BY DOUGLAS COLLEGE STUDENTS
spill it. stories of menstruating on campus
spill it. features qualitative responses from an exploratory research study, involving a survey and campus audit. The study aimed to document access to menstrual products and student experiences with menstruation on campus. As a first zine author and artist Rebecca Johnson hopes that spill it. will illuminate what it's like to menstruate on campus, and inspire others to share their story.
Earth is not what we think
A 2020 poetry zine which explores cartography, early GIS software, esoteric geography, ontological terrorism, the end of the world, and the perils of the relationship between maps and the territories they represent and create. Created by Douglas College Zine Research Assistant and Zinester Nat Begg
Little Feminist Zine (Issue 1) : Pandemic edition
This zine emerged as a class project in a Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS 1101) class with Douglas College faculty instructor Jaime Yard. The planned distribution was to “little libraries” around our New West campus and our homes. When COVID 19 social isolation measures were put in place the editorial team rapidly pivoted to bring this e-zine to you!
Out of the Ruins
This zine emerged as a class project in a Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS 1101-01) class with Douglas College faculty instructor Sally Mennill in Winter 2021.
Little Feminist Zine (Issue 2) : Pandemic edition
A student-edited collection published as the second in a series of zines. the Little Feminist Zine (LFZ) began as a class project in a Winter 2020 Gender Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS) 1101 at Douglas College. Planned as a paper zine to be distributed in “little libraries” around our Coquitlam and New Westminster campuses the project took on new life as an ezine after the sudden pandemic lockdown.
Contemporary issues in GSWS
This zine emerged as a class project in a Gender, Sexualities and Women’s Studies (GSWS 1101-02) class with Douglas College faculty instructor Sally Mennill in Winter 2021.
Dish Pit: thoughts, feelings and strategies
Created by Douglas College student Nico Branham, this zine details the experiences of working as a dishwasher, and is a vivid personal story that touches on labour issues in the field.
HEMA: Modern Art of Swordplay
This zine was created by Douglas College student Mikita Lukashou for a typography class, and showcases their interest in swordfighting and a brief history and introduction to European Martial Arts.
PRIDE ZINES
DONATIONS
Help the library build our collection. Fill out our donation form and either drop off your print copies at the check-out desk or email us your digital copies at lr-zines@douglascollege.ca. Prefer to mail your donation form and zine to us? Our mailing address is: Douglas College Library, c/o Zine Collection, P.O. Box 2503, New Westminster, B.C., Canada V3L 5B2.
We mainly collect zines about Canadian topics and issues, politics, environment, health, COVID 19/pandemic quaranzines, labour/work issues, crime, Indigenous and First Nations, BIPOC, gender / women's / LGBTQ2S issues. We are particularly focused on local zines and local and community issues, and zines created by Douglas College students.
Donations are accepted on an ongoing basis and at either campus libraries. Click on the poster above to access the donation form which you can fill out and submit with your donation. We also accept suggestions for zine titles to purchase. Please send the title, author and link to where the zine can be purchased to lr-zines@douglascollege.ca Questions about zines can be emailed to lr-zines@douglascollege.ca.
ZINE CATEGORIES & SHELVING CODES
Zines are now catalogued and have subject headings and shelf categories that can be browsed and searched.
To find zines in the One Search / Library catalogue, search the word zines and [your topic] (eg. zines and Indigenous; zines and addiction) you will get a list of zines about these topics. You can find all zines by limiting to location -- use the LOCATION LIMITER on the lower left-hand side in one search and click on Zines. This will give you a list of the full zine collection.
If browsing in person, there are free bookmarks with our our shortened general category codes and the zines are in alphabetical order by codes on the bookshelves. You can borrow up to 5 zines at a time and they are available for a two-week loan period.
JOIN OUR DCLZC MAILING LIST
Interested in zines? Join our DCLZC (Douglas College Library Zine Collective) email list so you can keep up-to-date with Zine Events at Douglas College Library. email lr-zines@douglascollege.ca and tell us about yourself and what you would like to hear about. Feel free to include ideas for future events, feedback on our collection, suggestions for purchase and more.