Digitising the Ian MacKaye digital collection of punk fanzines at the University of Maryland

John R. Davis, Jessica H. Grimmer and Vincent J. Novara
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John R. Davis: Michelle Smith Performing Arts Library, USA
Jessica H. Grimmer: US Copyright Office, USA
Vincent J. Novara: Music Division, USA

Journal of Digital Media Management, 2023, vol. 12, issue 2, 176-186

Abstract: The Ian MacKaye digital collection of punk fanzines at the University of Maryland (UMD) includes more than 1,000 digitised zines, originally collected by a notable punk rock musician. These ephemeral publications document details of the punk subculture that are often obscured by time or scarcity, rendering it all the more important to preserve and make accessible the information within them before they disappear. To create this digital collection, Special Collections in Performing Arts at UMD pivoted from some of its common practices for accessioning or digitising a collection, experimenting instead with different approaches. This paper describes the context for the collection, as well as the curatorial decisions and digitisation workflows that ultimately made the digitised zines accessible to researchers and fans of the punk subculture.

Keywords: archives; punk; fanzines; digitisation; subcultures; publications (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: M11 M15 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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