Independent Publishing Resource Center

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IPRC is an Oregon nonprofit organization offering education, outreach, and a library of more than 9,000 catalogued zines from around the world.{{Cite web|url=https://www.iprc.org/about/our-facility/library/|title=Zine Library|website=IPRC site|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916180145/https://www.iprc.org/about/our-facility/library/|archive-date=September 16, 2017}} The library has the third largest zine collection in the United States, as of 2016.{{cite news |last1=Winkle-Bryan |first1=Regina |title=Faced with Quadruple Rent, Independent Publishing Resource Center Forced to Move |url=https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2016/07/faced-with-300-percent-rent-hike-independent-publishing-resource-center-forced-to-move |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Portland Monthly |date=July 7, 2016 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142043/https://www.pdxmonthly.com/arts-and-culture/2016/07/faced-with-300-percent-rent-hike-independent-publishing-resource-center-forced-to-move |url-status=live }} Willamette Week has described the center as an "accessible, community-centric space" offering classes and tools.{{cite news |title=Get Inspired |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/08/20/get-inspired/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=August 20, 2019 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142044/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2019/08/20/get-inspired/ |url-status=live }} Workshops include bookbinding, graphic and web design, letterpress printing, and self-publishing, as of 2010.{{cite news |title=Want to write? You can start here |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2010/06/want_to_write_you_can_start_he.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=June 1, 2010 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142044/https://www.oregonlive.com/living/2010/06/want_to_write_you_can_start_he.html |url-status=live }}

The center's Youth Sunday program was created in 1998. As of 2015, the program occurs each Sunday, "when employees on-site assist youths in creating their own print media. The program aims to help novices understand the fine points of the growing field of independent publishing."{{cite news |last1=Leonard |first1=Rita A. |title=Publishing Resource Center recovers from smashup, offers youth program |url=https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/268055-142132-publishing-resource-center-recovers-from-smashup-offers-youth-program- |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Sellwood Bee |publisher=Pamplin Media Group |date=July 31, 2015 |archive-date=January 18, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190118015118/https://pamplinmedia.com/sb/75-features/268055-142132-publishing-resource-center-recovers-from-smashup-offers-youth-program- |url-status=live }} The center hosted an annual print show and sale, as of 2019.{{cite news |title=The 15 Best Ways to Make a Difference in Portland this Week: October 10-23 |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/community-activism/2019/10/10/27292695/the-15-best-ways-to-make-a-difference-in-portland-this-week-october-10-23 |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Portland Mercury |date=October 10, 2019 |archive-date=July 23, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200723053303/https://www.portlandmercury.com/community-activism/2019/10/10/27292695/the-15-best-ways-to-make-a-difference-in-portland-this-week-october-10-23 |url-status=live }}

IPRC was established in 1998.{{cite news |last1=Acker |first1=Lizzy |title=Portland's Independent Publishing Resource Center forced to move due to 300% rent increase |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/07/portlands_independent_publishi.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=July 6, 2016 |archive-date=June 5, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200605172516/https://www.oregonlive.com/portland/2016/07/portlands_independent_publishi.html |url-status=live }} The organization operated on Portland's west side for its first fifteen years,{{cite news |last1=Korfhage |first1=Matthew |title=Independent Publishing Resource Center Searching for New Home After 300% Rent Increase |url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/2016/07/06/independent-publishing-resource-center-searching-for-new-home-after-300-rent-increase/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=July 6, 2016 |archive-date=September 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170911010011/http://www.wweek.com/arts/2016/07/06/independent-publishing-resource-center-searching-for-new-home-after-300-rent-increase/ |url-status=live }} above the Reading Frenzy at 921 Southwest Oak Street,{{cite news |last1=Katamay |first1=Kaja |title=Reading Frenzy Hits 10 |url=https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3586-reading-frenzy-hits-10.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=August 31, 2004 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142113/https://www.wweek.com/portland/article-3586-reading-frenzy-hits-10.html |url-status=live }}{{cite journal |last1=Saelens |first1=Erica |title=Aspiring writers find help at local resource center |journal=Portland Business Journal |url=https://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/07/15/story4.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |archive-date=October 6, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081006151845/http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/stories/2002/07/15/story4.html |url-status=live }} near Powell's Books.{{cite news |last1=Anthony |first1=Vanessa Nix |title=Save Reading Frenzy: YOU Can Keep it Alive! |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/writersblock/2013/04/save_and_relaunch_reading_fren.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=April 11, 2013 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142123/https://www.oregonlive.com/writersblock/2013/04/save_and_relaunch_reading_fren.html |url-status=live }} The center relocated to a larger space at 1001 Southeast Division Street in 2012. IPRC had approximately 6,000 members, as of mid 2016.

IPRC faced a 300 percent rent increase when the April 2017 lease expired,{{cite news |last1=Smith |first1=Suzette |title=The IPRC Needs A New Location—and A New Executive Director |url=https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/02/16/18850404/the-iprc-needs-a-new-locationand-a-new-executive-director |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Portland Mercury |date=February 16, 2017 |archive-date=August 24, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200824022319/https://www.portlandmercury.com/blogtown/2017/02/16/18850404/the-iprc-needs-a-new-locationand-a-new-executive-director |url-status=live }} causing the center to relocate to its current location in the Gardeners and Ranchers building.{{cite news |last1=Korfhage |first1=Matthew |title=The IPRC Has Been Saved—And It's Having a Grand Re-Opening Party In Its New Location |url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2017/08/18/the-iprc-has-been-saved-and-its-having-a-grand-re-opening-party-in-its-new-location/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=August 18, 2017 |archive-date=August 4, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804234641/https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2017/08/18/the-iprc-has-been-saved-and-its-having-a-grand-re-opening-party-in-its-new-location/ |url-status=live }} The organization crowdsourced more than $20,000 to help fund the new space.{{cite news |last1=Korfhage |first1=Matthew |title=Through Crowdfunding, Portlanders Saved a Video Store and Funded a Stripper and Bridge Themed Tarot Deck |url=https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/02/13/you-can-crowdfund-anything-and-we-really-hate-trump/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=Willamette Week |date=February 13, 2018 |archive-date=August 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190827134105/https://www.wweek.com/culture/2018/02/13/you-can-crowdfund-anything-and-we-really-hate-trump/ |url-status=live }} The IPRC moved to 318 SE Main Street in 2017.{{Cite web|last=Korfhage|first=Matthew|date=August 18, 2017|title=The IPRC Has Been Saved—And It's Having a Grand Re-Opening Party In Its New Location|url=https://www.wweek.com/arts/books/2017/08/18/the-iprc-has-been-saved-and-its-having-a-grand-re-opening-party-in-its-new-location/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Willamette Week|language=en-US}}

Portland City Commissioner Chloe Eudaly served as the director of the IPRC before running for office in 2016.{{cite web |last1=Baer |first1=April |title=What Bookseller-Turned-Commissioner Chloe Eudaly Has Learned At Portland City Hall |url=https://www.opb.org/news/article/chloe-eudaly-portland-comissioner-interview-start/ |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |access-date=May 21, 2020 |archive-date=July 12, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200712185728/https://www.opb.org/news/article/chloe-eudaly-portland-comissioner-interview-start/ |url-status=live }} Former board president Brian Tibbetts was serving as interim executive director following A.M. O'Malley's departure, as of August 2017. Alley Pezanoski-Browne became the executive director in 2018,{{Cite web|last=Libby|first=Brian|date=2020-09-23|title=Spaces: Artists make room for the arts|url=https://www.orartswatch.org/spaces-artists-make-room-for-the-arts/|access-date=2021-06-17|website=Oregon ArtsWatch|language=en-US}} with Harper Quinn as the program director.

Nicole Georges worked for IPRC for fourteen years, initially as an outreach coordinator and later as the center's first comic book instructor.{{cite news |last1=Meza |first1=Claudia |title=Nicole Georges' Rumspringa: How A Portland Artist Is Finding Opportunity In LA |url=https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/portland-writer-nicole-georges-fetch-television-show-los-angeles/ |access-date=May 23, 2020 |publisher=Oregon Public Broadcasting |date=November 20, 2019 |archive-date=December 20, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191220091720/https://www.opb.org/artsandlife/article/portland-writer-nicole-georges-fetch-television-show-los-angeles/ |url-status=live }}

IPRC has organized the Letterpress Print Fair; in 2019, the center hosted an Open House as part of Design Week Portland.{{cite news |last1=Eastman |first1=Janet |title=Design Week Portland's Walking Tours: Old bridges to midcentury modern buildings |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/03/e408f6dbd59105/design-week-portlands-walking-tour-old-bridges-to-midcentury-modern-buildings-photos.html |access-date=May 23, 2020 |work=The Oregonian |date=March 29, 2019 |archive-date=October 9, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201009142116/https://www.oregonlive.com/life-and-culture/g66l-2019/03/e408f6dbd59105/design-week-portlands-walking-tour-old-bridges-to-midcentury-modern-buildings-photos.html |url-status=live }}

In September 2022, the IPRC announced that it would be adopting a nonhierarchical leadership collective.{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Announcing: Staff Leadership Collective and Search for Director of Archives and Library Programs – Independent Publishing Resource Center |url=https://www.iprc.org/announcing-staff-leadership-collective-and-search-for-director-of-archives-and-library-programs/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |archive-date=2022-09-04 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220904160152/https://www.iprc.org/announcing-staff-leadership-collective-and-search-for-director-of-archives-and-library-programs/ |url-status=bot: unknown }} The organization has been led by four co-leaders since January 2023.{{Cite web |date=2023-03-05 |title=Introducing the IPRC's Newest Co-Leader – Independent Publishing Resource Center |url=https://www.iprc.org/introducing-the-iprcs-newest-co-leader/ |access-date=2023-03-05 |archive-date=2023-03-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305010812/https://www.iprc.org/introducing-the-iprcs-newest-co-leader/ |url-status=bot: unknown }}

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• {{Official website|https://www.iprc.org}}
• [https://www.kptv.com/good_day_oregon/more/independent-publishing-resource-center-helps-creatives-bring-their-ideas-to-life/video_c89bd269-0f53-590d-9325-1b683c77d3aa.html Independent Publishing Resource Center helps creatives bring their ideas to life], KPTV (August 27, 2019)

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