Raiders of the Lost Archives

Saturday, Feb 23rd 10AM to Sunday, Feb 24th 10AM

With your help, the IPRC successfully made the ‘The Crossing.” For the next stage in our journey, we have to descend down into the depths of our massive uncatalogued archive, to bring a treasure trove of zines back up into the light.

Join us as we burn the midnight oil and adventure into a labyrinth of zines waiting to be read. For 24 hours straight, we’ll be read, catalogue, eat delicious food, drink coffee and help build up the IPRC’s fabulous zine library. With over 20,000 uncatalogued zines, you’re sure to find a treasure. Hardcore Raiders will read for 24 hours, while lighter Spelunkers can simply stop in for a few hours of reading.

There are awards for the Raider Team and Solo Spelunker who catalogs the most zines, and for the Team or Solo Spelunker that has the most pledged sponsors.

Questions about the event? Contact the IPRC’s Zine Librarian at librarian@iprc.org

Register to Raid! The sign up form is here.

 

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Can’t make it to be a Raider but want to still support the IPRC Zine Library? Pledge a few bucks to support a Raider in their quest to catalog zines! Just click the PLEDGE button for your favorite Raider. We suggest 10 American dollars, but choose at whatever level you can give. Your donation supports the IPRC’s work.

 

Our Awesome Sponsors

 

         

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Raider Teams

Team Portland Afoot PLEDGE

Portland Afoot self-identifies as a “10-minute newsmagazine” in much the way Dr. Jones does as an archaeology professor. Bullcrap. Zine lovers know the truth.

Mundane Superpower: Knowing to walk to the joint streetcar/6 stop on MLK outside the Convention Center instead of waiting for the 6 on Holladay.
Members: Michael Andersen, Joshua Force, Becca Priddy, Aaron Brown, Steph Routh

Team Shift PLEDGE

Shift is a loose-knit group of bike funners who make things like Pedalpalooza and the World Naked Bike Ride happen. They’re well-suited to wet, damp caves from their time drinking beer under bridges after midnight mystery rides.

Mundane Superpowers: Midnight Mystery Ridin’
Members: Nathan Martin, Jim Archuleta, Calvin White

Team Reed PLEDGE

Reed College is made mostly of book-loving, research-jedi, sleep-deprived nerds. The library is the most hopping social location on campus, loving called “Hauser Fun Dome”, so Reedies are ideally suited to be Raiders.
Mundane Superpower: Staying up for 24 hours straight is just normal behavior for Reedies.
Members: Vasiliki Ioannou, Alejandro Chavez, Brian Click, Sara Bahmanyar

Copycats PLEDGE

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(Ed note: That means Multnomah County Library in MARC21 cataloguing language.)
Mundane Superpower: Whiskers
Members: Ross Betzer, Emily-Jane Dawson, Cathy Camper, and Phoebe Wayne

Team Nexustronics, LLC PLEDGE

Since 1995, Nexustronics has optimized global synergies and established itself as a world leader in NOCTURNAL ZINE CATALOGING. The Portland office looks forward to CRUSHING other zine catalogers and pizza eaters. Out of sheer cockiness, they will not arrive before noon.
Mundane Superpowers Include: Spotting stray hairs
Members: Carl Larson, mykle hansen, Dag Arneson, Chambered Sangiloid, Meghan Sinnott, s.mirk, Breesa Culver, Patrick Barber, Dr. Peach, Matt Stefanik

Team Zine LAB PLEDGE

The librarians and programmers behind the awesomeness of the IPRC zine library.
Mundane Superpowers: Koha Kross-Walking
Members: Reid Parham, Lindsay Crates, Jenny Mundy, Lillian Karabaic, Loren McCrory

Team Pluperfect Repeat Offender PLEDGE

Strategy: Merrily Dystopian Singularity.
Tactic:Frequent scenic drives north throughout the day.
Style: Dependent arising
Mundane Superpowers: Triple threat in a previous life: publishing/autor/editor
Members: Teresa Boze

Team “Rosehips of Death” PLEDGE

From the shadows of the pine forest come landlocked sirens, capturing your heart and ripping it out, using the entrails for their strings and drumskins.
Mundane Superpowers: slinging code, stare o’reckoning
Members: Melissa Chavez, Cameron

Team “Lazy Fascists” PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: Totoro! and Moomin!
Members: Cameron Pierce, Kirsten Alene

Team Mawty PLEDGE

Mawty and Mawty like to sit and work on projects togetha and banta in their new england accents.
Mundane Superpowers: attention to detail and being relentless in finishing
Members: Letty and Erich

Team The Marians PLEDGE

We tried to think of something profound, but Beth simply giggled and made puns about famous librarians.
Mundane Superpowers: Secrets
Members: Meg Brennan, Beth Gilbert

Team Cogitate Editing PLEDGE

Cogitate Editing is a small editorial firm of book-smart word nerds with over 100 edited titles in print (and counting).
Mundane Superpowers: Fruit psychic
Members: Henry

Team Giggle PLEDGE

We like giggling and zines. We run on pizza and beer and serotonin and dopamine and coffee.
Mundane Superpowers: Staying posi.
Members: Danielle Knott

Team Pine Island Press GangPLEDGE

Marissa, Helen, and Andrew take the library by storm- TUESDAY style.
Mundane Superpowers: excellent with children.
Members: Marissa, Helen, and Andrew

Team BWBPLEDGE

Bad with boundaries! Great with archiving!
Mundane Superpowers: Befriending neighborhood cats and dogs.
Members: Melinda, Amanda

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Solo Spelunkers

Raider Jennifer L. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: Speed alphabetizing, tedious repetitive action, piecing puzzles, super speedy filing fingers, love.

Raider Carlene O. PLEDGE

Raider Ann C. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: Turn all food to EXTRA spicy.

Raider Violet F. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: Can sleep anywhere, anytime. (It’s super useful!)

Raider Margaret PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: label wrangling and bebop to the boolean boogie.

Raider Sarah W. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: cat whisperer

Raider Eliza L. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: pie

Raider Liz V. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: coffee nerd

Raider Califia Suntree PLEDGE

Raider Michael Hoeye PLEDGE

Raider Lori D. PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: Obliviously standing in the way of people carrying heavy things

Raider Sasha Orme PLEDGE

Mundane Superpowers: massive consumption of coffee and cookies, with no discernable weight gain!

Raider donna esposito PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: walking on sunshine

Raider Emily Moroz PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: Poor Eyesight!

Raider Josh Haldeman PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: Can travel through space and time at a normal speed.

Raider Teresa Boze PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: Radio for speaking to Cosmic Muffins.

Raider Kat PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: cuticle clipping

Raider Kathleen PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: supermundanity

Raider Elliott Cheifetz PLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: drawing comics

Raider Colin RyonoPLEDGE

Mundane Superpower: can turn my feet backward. Sort of gross.