Read/Write Library
The Chicago Underground Library (CUL) is a collection focusing on material produced by small presses or independent publishers in the Chicago area. The collection includes zines, comics, perfect-bound novels, chapbooks, newsletters, art books, magazines and pamphlets, with an emphasis on inclusivity and blurring format and genre lines. CUL was developed by Nell Taylor and Emerson Dameron.
CUL is among a number of organizations formed to house materials which are frequently excluded from library shelves, but the CUL collection is defined more by location than by any format or subculture.