LIBRARIAN IV - Spencer Keralis
Spencer Keralisspencer.keralis@umkc.edu
ZineLab in the Digital Collaboration Studio is an exploratory project emerging from a collaboration between faculty in the University Libraries and Media, Art, & Design. Using a range of technologies from the analog to the digital, the project treats zines – small, self-published books or pamphlets – and other DIY means of publishing as both objects of inquiry and innovative methods of scholarly communication. The Lab is home to projects that examine the history of illustrations in early American novels, explore zines as a form of scholarly publishing, and develop digital Open Access research journals.
ZineLab is housed in the Digital Collaboration Studio (MNL 310) and supported by DCS staff and student workers.
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.
SHSS Mellon Interns or URCS Research Fellows may be recruited periodically. Limited student assistant positions are avaialble in the Digital Collaboration Studio.
Sep 3, 2026
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