The library is happy to announce that there is going to be big improvements to the collection. Starting in April - July we will be sending them to be catalogued so they can be discovered in the library catalogue and signed out like regular books. You will notice them disappear during this process but they will return to NW and CO as soon as they completed. If you are an instructor who will be using the collection in summer semester please contact Gretchen at goertzg@douglascollege.ca
We are still accepting donations during the time see the donation form on this guide for instructions.
NWOCAT connects community partners to tackle the drug toxicity crisis and decrease the stigma of those who use substances.
Their latest initiative is a community zine to amplify the voices of those with lived and living experience of the drug toxicity crisis. Though Purpose Society is based in New West, we are taking submissions from all over the Greater Vancouver Area to reflect our transient population.
More information about the community zine below.
We are currently collecting Zines that relate to:
The 2024 Zine Librarian unConference (ZLuC) will be held in New York!
The Zine Librarians unConference will take place at New York University on Saturday and Sunday August 3rd and 4th (with library tours on Friday afternoon, August 2nd).
spill it: a menstruation research symposium
March 24, 2023 | 1:00-4:00 pm | Aboriginal Gathering Place (S4650) Douglas College New Westminster Campus
This Menstruation Research event is free and open to the public. The DCLZC (Douglas College Library Zine Collective) hosted a table with related Zines and library resources. Come visit our table before, during and after the symposium. If you have created a zine bring it along to donate to the library. Join the DCLZC if you are interested in hearing about Zine events, new Zines and generally supporting Zines@Douglas. For more information email lr-zines@douglascollege.ca
At the symposium, hear from a range of emerging and established researchers aiming to shed light on all things menstruation. The library has started to collect research created by Douglas Faculty and students. Want to know more check out the what is happening at Menstruation Research Group site in DOOR (DOuglas Open Repository)
Click here for full symposium event speakers and to register at Eventbrite
Interested in zines? Join our 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.
Submit zines and books for review to Broken Pencil
Broken Pencil accepts zines, small press books, comics, videos/films, mail-art, chapbooks and other cool stuff for review. There are no deadlines for mailing in review material to Broken Pencil. Please note that they do not review short stories and poems that aren’t in zine form. They also do not accept submissions for publication by mail. Please check their submittable account for more information.
They encourage submissions by both PDF and print, but will accept either. You can submit a PDF copy of your zine using this Google Form.
To submit through Canada Post, mail your print copy to Broken Pencil, PO Box 203, Station P, Toronto, ON, M5S 2S7 Canada.
Or, for international submissions, you may use their US address: Broken Pencil c/o Gutter Pop Comics
1421 Hertel Ave, Buffalo, NY 14216, United States.