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LIBRARIAN IV - Spencer Keralis

Contact Detail

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Spencer Keralis
spencer.keralis@umkc.edu


Description

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ZineLab gives formal support and space to the creation and use of zines — (pronounced “zeen”) independently-published, short-run publications — in research, creative scholarship, and pedagogy, and serves as core research infrastructure for a trans-disciplinary community of scholars, educators, and creators. This project seeks to build on the emerging, collaborative, and award-winning research developed by our zine-loving academic community at UMKC — students, staff, and faculty alike. ZineLab supports research and pedagogy across all disciplines, building upon the academic successes evidenced in scholarly works of the faculty and students of the English, Creative Writing, Media, Art, and Design, and History departments, faculty and staff of the University Libraries, and members of the Digital and Public Humanities Research Cluster.


Location
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ZineLab is housed in the Digital Collaboration Studio (MNL 310) Creative Media Lab and supported by DCS staff and student workers.


Qualifications
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We're interested in students who have experience with, or are interested in developing skills in Adobe Creative Suite, design thinking, digital and analog layout and design tools, and historical book-binding methods.


Logistics and Compensation
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SHSS Mellon Interns or URCS Research Fellows may be recruited periodically. Limited student assistant positions are avaialble in the Digital Collaboration Studio.


Project-related Tags
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book history  critical making  humanities  micropublishing  zines  


Last Updated
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Sep 23, 2025

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