An Inventory of Zine Archives

What do existing zine archives look like and how do they function?
How can we learn from the decisions others have made when developing new zine archives online?

       How does one archive punk zines effectively and responsibly? How is copyright handled? Who can access the archive and does it offer digital access to zines?

Each of the articles below examines the web footprint of a particular zine archive in order to better understand how it functions and what can be learned from how it is organized, designed, and presented to the public.

This examination is divided into community-created archives and formal institutional archives collecting punk culture.

Punk Archives made by Punks

A description and assessment of several archives created by those within the punk community

Academic Zine Archives

A description and assessment of several archives hosted and managed by universities