Unconventional collecting in extraordinary times: Documenting the pandemic through a COVID-19 Zine Collection.

The author explores the development of a COVID-19 pandemic and quarantine zine collection by the Rare Books & Manuscripts Library (RBML) at the Ohio State University. Topics discussed include the aim of RBML to provide access to primary source materials from medieval manuscripts to contemporary novels, efforts of the author to follow the Zine Librarians Code of Ethics in developing the collection, and visible changes caused by the pandemic featured in art and photography zines.