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Library Excavations #5: A Handbook of Library Ideas

Location

400 S State St Harold Washington Library Center
60605 Chicago
United States
US
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Zine, Library Excavations #5: A Handbook of Library Ideas
Date: 
February 2017
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Issue: 
#5
Abstract: 
Zine is part of a project that "highlights and activates physical materials found in public libraries." This Issue is a reprint of a self-published1977 booklet of ideas for creative librarians to use.
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English
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Public Collectors

Library Excavations #4: Suspect Methodology

Location

400 S State St Harold Washington Library Center
60605 Chicago
United States
US
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Zine, Library Excavations #4: Suspect Methodology
Date: 
October 2016
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Volume: 
Issue: 
#4
Abstract: 
Zine is part of a project that "highlights and activates physical materials found in public libraries." This Issue focuses on documentation of a 1972 study on personal identification within law enforcement.
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English
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Public Collectors

Library Excavations Issue #3: Periodical Business

Location

400 S State St Harold Washington Library Center
60605 Chicago
United States
41° 39' 27.0828" N, 86° 23' 7.7928" W
US
Catalog Number: 
Zine, Library Excavations Issue #3: Periodical Business
Date: 
August 2016
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Zine is part of a project that "highlights and activates physical materials found in public libraries." This Issue showcases some of the unique business periodicals in the Harold Washington Library Center's collection, some of which date back to the late 1800s.
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English
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Www.publiccollectors.org, http://publiccollectors.tumblr.com/

Item Donor: 
Public Collectors

A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Life Issue #1

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Zine, A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Life Issue #1
Date: 
2008
Edition: 
Volume: 
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 
A Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad, Life is a Zine that was written as a part of National Novel Writing Month. The Author, Kisha, discusses her early life and the difficulties that she and her family went through.
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English
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A Zine by Students from Juarez

Catalog Number: 
Zine, A Zine by Students from Juarez
Date: 
2016*
Abstract: 
A zine by students from Juarez is a collection of photographs documenting the daily life of Migrants living in Chicago. There is a brief note at the end: "¡Hola chicos! Es una belleza venir desde Mexico y ver sus fotos. Todos son muy talentosos y muestran cosas muy interesantes sobre la cultura de los migrantes. Sigam construyendo siempre cosas positivas; creando. Con mucho amor, Lorna. Chilangolandia"
Language: 
English
Spanish
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*date is a complete guess. It does not look very old, but there is no information about when it was made. There are two copies of this book, and they have different notes handwritten in the back.
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Buddy version>03

Location

1542 n. milwaukee ave.
60622 Chicago
United States
US
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Magazine, Buddy version>03
Date: 
2003
Abstract: 
Version>03 was our second convergence that took place at the MCA and additional venues throughout the city. The festival expanded and continued focusing on tactical media and digital arts. @ the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago and other locations. *
Language: 
English
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* abstract taken from http://www.lumpen.com/%3A/version03.html Originally came with a DVD, but it is missing from this copy.
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The American Archivist, Volume 78, Number 2, Fall/Winter 2015

Location

17 North State Street
60602 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Journal, The American Archivist, Volume 78, Number 2
Date: 
Fall/Winter 2015
Volume: 
78
Issue: 
2
Abstract: 
The American Archivist is the leading publication in the archives field. Established in 1938, the journal is published semi-annually by the Society of American Archivists and it includes more than 260 issues. The journal covers theoretical and practical developments in the archival profession, specifically about cultural, social, legal, and technological developments that affect the nature of recorded information and the need to create and maintain it. (Abstract taken from: http://www2.archivists.org/american-archivist).
Language: 
English
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ISSN/ISBN: 
03609081

The American Archivist, Volume 79, Number 1, Spring/Summer 2016

Location

17 North State Street
60602-3315 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Journal, The American Archivist, Volume 79, Number 1
Date: 
Spring/Summer 2016
Volume: 
79
Issue: 
1
Abstract: 
The American Archivist is the leading publication in the archives field. Established in 1938, the journal is published semi-annually by the Society of American Archivists and it includes more than 260 issues. The journal covers theoretical and practical developments in the archival profession, specifically about cultural, social, legal, and technological developments that affect the nature of recorded information and the need to create and maintain it. (Abstract taken from: http://www2.archivists.org/american-archivist).
Language: 
English
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03609081

artXposium 2.0

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Book, Holm
Date: 
2008
Abstract: 
artXposium 2.0 is a book chronicling the development of an annual multimedia art experience in the city of West Chicago. The event artXposium is the brainchild of local resident and internationally shown artist Anni Holm and former registrar of the West Chicago City Museum, Brian Reis. Together with assistant organizer Irene Pérez, many volunteers, and over sixty artists, they created a three-day event in the former Grobe's True Value store, a large space which lent itself to works ranging from painting, sculpture, and photography to interactive installations and video screenings. [from Amazon.com]
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English
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9780980230031

Youth Stories

Location

800 S Halsted St.
60607 Chicago
United States
US
Catalog Number: 
Zine, Youth Stories
Date: 
2011
Abstract: 
Youth Stories is a zine documenting Elgin Smith's experiences teaching visual arts at The Cook County Juvenile Temporary Detention Center.
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English
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