The LCC zine collection is available to all UAL students, staff and alumni, as well as all external visitors with an interest in the collection.
How to book
For students:
For zine or other LCC Special Collections enquiries please contact us via ASK to submit a question. Please add the line ‘special collection request’ in the question field on the form.
For non-UAL enquirers:
We will get back to you as soon as we can. Please note that a visitor booking will also be needed for external visitors and alumni visiting our libraries.
When you’re in the Library:
If you are in the library, ask for a request form at the Information Desk. Should we have availability specific items or boxes requested before 2:30pm can be seen on the same day after 3:30pm. Any items requested after this time, or on the next morning before 10:30am can be seen after 11:30am.
If you would like our librarians to curate a selection of zines for you, please allow at least a 72h margin.
Requesting zines
You can search our full holdings of zines via our online library catalogue
Not sure what you’re looking for? You can use our zine blog index to browse some of the titles available for inspiration and then request to see the physical copies from our collections.
We hold themed zine boxes that are usually available for consultation at short notice. We currently have the following themed boxes available for request:
- General request box (wide variety of zines)
- Feminism
- LGBTQ+
- Illustration
- Sustainability
- Mental health
- Latin American feminist zines
- Punk, post-punk, new wave (1970s/1980s)
- Indie pop (1980s/1990s)
- Indie rock (1980s/1990s)
- Riot grrrl (1990s/2000s)
- Alternative music mix (1990s/2000s)
- Photography
- Early Zines