The terminology is HUGE but it has given me a great source of JARGON for my senior English classes to enjoy. I think I'm going to give them the link and then challenge them to make short paragraphs that are totally incomprehensible if you haven't got the jargon to comprehend. (There were a few of these in week 5's readings!)
zine "Derived from "fanzine" (a contraction of "fan magazine"), pronounced "zeen." The term came into use during the 1980s to refer to a small, low-circulation magazine or newspaper, self-published out of passion for the subject rather than for personal gain, usually produced with the aid of desktop publishing software and high-quality photocopy machines.
Zines represent the convergence of amateur publishing hobbyists, high school underground newspapers, the literary small press, political radicalism, and do-it-yourself popular culture. They are usually not available by subscription, often appear irregularly or infrequently, and may have a lifetime of only one or two issues. Some are available online via the World Wide Web. Selected zines are evaluated in the reference serial Magazines for Libraries. To learn more, see The Book of Zines or the article "Your Zine Tool Kit" by Jenna Freedman in the June 15, 2006 issue of Library Journal."
I read this article a while ago and it's quite good. There is also an article in the anthology we use at our school, and the kids like making these snippit magazines.
Thought the archaic entries were cute:
Zip disk "A 3.5-inch removable magnetic disk cartridge developed by Iomega, capable of storing 100MB or more of data, much more than a standard floppy disk, at relatively low cost (see this example). A special Zip drive must be installed on a microcomputer to allow a Zip disk to be used."
ultrafiche "A card-shaped transparent microform with a reduction ratio considerably greater than that of standard microfiche or superfiche (up to 3,000 frames per 4 x 6 inch sheet). A special ultrafiche reader-printer machine is required to view and make hard copies of documents stored in this medium."
I didn't know this one wasn't just on a baby:
umbilicus "In Antiquity, a knobbed wooden rod attached to one end of a papyrus scroll around which the manuscript was rolled when not in use. A vellum tag was usually attached to one end, noting the title and/or contents. Click here to see an example used for an 8th-century Old Testament Book of Esther (Cary Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology)."
And if you thought you were photocopying onesided, think again. You are copying: UNBACKED
unbacked "Printed on only one side of a blank sheet of paper, as in a poster or art print. The side printed upon is considered the recto."
Source: http://lu.com/odlis/index.cfm Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
Zines represent the convergence of amateur publishing hobbyists, high school underground newspapers, the literary small press, political radicalism, and do-it-yourself popular culture. They are usually not available by subscription, often appear irregularly or infrequently, and may have a lifetime of only one or two issues. Some are available online via the World Wide Web. Selected zines are evaluated in the reference serial Magazines for Libraries. To learn more, see The Book of Zines or the article "Your Zine Tool Kit" by Jenna Freedman in the June 15, 2006 issue of Library Journal."
I read this article a while ago and it's quite good. There is also an article in the anthology we use at our school, and the kids like making these snippit magazines.
Thought the archaic entries were cute:
Zip disk "A 3.5-inch removable magnetic disk cartridge developed by Iomega, capable of storing 100MB or more of data, much more than a standard floppy disk, at relatively low cost (see this example). A special Zip drive must be installed on a microcomputer to allow a Zip disk to be used."
ultrafiche "A card-shaped transparent microform with a reduction ratio considerably greater than that of standard microfiche or superfiche (up to 3,000 frames per 4 x 6 inch sheet). A special ultrafiche reader-printer machine is required to view and make hard copies of documents stored in this medium."
I didn't know this one wasn't just on a baby:
umbilicus "In Antiquity, a knobbed wooden rod attached to one end of a papyrus scroll around which the manuscript was rolled when not in use. A vellum tag was usually attached to one end, noting the title and/or contents. Click here to see an example used for an 8th-century Old Testament Book of Esther (Cary Collection, Rochester Institute of Technology)."
And if you thought you were photocopying onesided, think again. You are copying: UNBACKED
unbacked "Printed on only one side of a blank sheet of paper, as in a poster or art print. The side printed upon is considered the recto."
Source: http://lu.com/odlis/index.cfm Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
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