This Friday, January 25th, from 1:30 to 3:30 PM, the Central Library downtown is offering librarians who are in town for the American Library Association's Midwinter Conference a chance to check in with the ZAPP Zine Collection in an open house.

ZAPP, the Zine Archive and Publishing Project, was originally housed by the Richard Hugo House until the literary organization cut ties with the zine library before the House's years-long process of renovation. ZAPP's leadership staff tried to make a go of it as a free-standing nonprofit, but eventually Hugo House donated the entire collection to Seattle Public Library, which has very rarely shown off any of the zines to the public in the months since.

SPL librarians will be on hand at the open house to answer questions about ZAPP and the library's cataloguing of zines. If you're not a librarian and you'd like to visit ZAPP and get updated on the library's plans, I'd suggest contacting SPL and asking if you can stop by the open house, or otherwise set up an appointment.