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Hillyer Zine Collection

Kits and Materials

We encourage visitors to not only read zines, but to make, trade, and distribute zines of their own. We have a variety of supplies available, whether you are looking to make your first zine or your fiftieth. Our resources include:

  • Scanners and Copiers
  • BW and Color Printing
  • Magazines and other Collage Materials
  • Specialized staplers for booklets and zines
  • and more!


Along with the materials available in Hillyer, we also have kits available for check out. These include our collage kits, which contain tweezers, washi tape, mod podge, neocrayons, and exacto knives, as well as our brand new zine kits, which contain exacto knives, cardstock, thread binding supplies, bone folders, and markers. You can ask for kits at the circulation desk and check them out of the library for up to one week. 

Video Tutorials

We have created a few video tutorials on how to fold and copy zines using different methods. Check them out here or on youtube!

Zine kit featuring brightly colored cardstock, paint markers, three bone folders, sharpies, colored markers, and thread binding needles

Desk with one black and gray pamphlet stapler, one black long reach stapler, one bamboo thread binding cradle, and an awl with a wooden handle

Collage kit featuring a set of rainbow crayons, a bottle of glue with a red label, a small bottle of mod podge paste with a pink label, two black foam brushes, three elmer's glue sticks, two pairs of scissors, one with a black handle and one with a blue handle, a pair of purple plastic tweezers, a set of markers in a box, three rolls of washi tape in gray, dark gray, and black respectively, some collage paper in a variety of colors, and magazines, one of which is open and has pictures cut out,