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crln-25124	Braun, Jolie	Unconventional collecting in extraordinary times: Documenting the pandemic through a COVID-19 Zine Collection	2021-09-03	4	.pdf	application/pdf	2398	140	50	Over the past five years, I have been actively developing RBML’s zine holdings, building on our existing strengths (such as LGBTQ zines and art zines), as well as expanding the collection in new directions.1 Discovering “Quaranzines” In April 2020, I began noticing the hashtag “#quaranzine” on social media.2 Not long after, I started to see articles about pandemic zines in major media outlets, such as Salon, Hyper- allergic, and NPR.3 These pieces discussed zine making as an ideal pandemic pastime: creative, therapeutic, and fun. When COVID-19 caused the world to go into lockdown in early 2020, some were inspired to create zines documenting their lives and experiences during the pandemic.	cache/crln-25124.pdf	txt/crln-25124.txt