ZAPP 11/4/09

I arrived today at noon, starting on the new schedule. Today was a bit of a rough start. I forgot my camera and turned in my time-sheet late. Kate Lebo, the volunteer coordinator, scowled and shook her first at me sarcastically - I promised to do better the next time. So I began cataloging zines from my assigned section: the Personal Zines M-Z. The first was titled Madonna Llama 19 published out of Port Townsend, WA in 1992. It contained a collection of articles and excerpts from various writers covering topics in environmentalism, veganism, bartering, and anarchism. It took me an exceptionally long time to complete this - I finished around 1:40 pm. However, I had a handful of disruptions along the way. I had to move around quite a bit to make way before a group came in to tour ZAPP. Hereafter though, I made decent time. I moved on to a zine called Make Up that Clogs Pores, Issue 4. This was a very tough read it frequently changed from small typing to writing, very little punctuation, and no margins. I scanned through it and it was basically a continuous conversation about music and and anarchism. I spent about 20 minutes on this one. I then moved on to one called Mama Said Knock You Out this one was written by two teenage boys basically offering their opposing opinions on various cultural issues and trends from music and movies to dating and sports. I started a fourth Zine called Maple, issue 2 written out of Pittsburgh, PA with articles about the local music scene, veganism, abortion, and religion. I did not enter this into the catalog however because it turned out to be a split zine - basically, two zines in one. I asked Nora about this and she suggested that I consult Heather about it and to add it to the questions and concerns page on the wiki.

After cataloging, Nora briefly told me about the Review Zine that ZAPP would be putting together for Elliot Bay Books in the coming weeks. The idea is to have volunteers write reviews of zines to help attract other volunteers, which I think is a great idea. Nora asked me to consider whether I ought to have these volunteers extract certain cataloging data in the process in order to reduce my cataloging time.

Summary:

12:00 PM - In the Archives

*Cataloging

-I cataloged three zines from the personal section

- Madonna Llama 19,

- Make Up that Clogs Pores

- Mama Said Knock You Out

2:45 PM - Conversation With Nora

*Split Zine issue

- note in wiki and ask Heather

*Review Zine

- use to reduce cataloging time in addition to attracting volunteers.