Whether you’re connecting with your little one, a younger sibling, or babysitting for a friend’s child, starting a new project together can be just the thing to bridge generations.
Summer Reading
Read, renew, repeat is this year’s Summer Reading theme! Kids and teens can play the game this summer by starting a daily reading habit. Visit the library for fun, interactive activities or stay home and enjoy virtual performances and more.
La Asociación Americana de Bibliotecas (ALA, por sus siglas en inglés) ha designado el 21-27 de septiembre como la semana de los libros prohibidos (Banned Books Week).
SF and fantasy that either examines gender, or has LGBTQIA+IA+ characters, for someone who liked Gideon the Ninth, In Other Lands, and House of the Spirits.
Who lived in my house?
Research who lived in your house previously and ways to find the information you are looking for.
Mail-order house plan and design catalogs
Some houses are custom-designed by an architect, for a specific site. But most houses weren’t built that way. During the 20th century, many houses were built from plans that the owner or builder purchased from a catalog. Some houses came as “kits,” with plans and a complete set of building materials cut to size and ready to assemble.
Dating back to 1865, it was on June 19th when Union soldiers arrived in Galveston, Texas with news that the U.S.
Library account basics
Use your library card to check out e-books, audiobooks, streaming media, place holds and access online services and resources.
Books for young beginning readers who don't like the Bob books.
If you are working to improve your understanding of the impacts of racism, oppression and white supremacy, here are some more books, websites, resources and guides to keep learning.
Erase This! Conversations of Race, Activism, and Zines with Marissa Yang Bertucci
Zines are a crucial piece of the social justice movement, publications that prompt conversations of race, sexuality, and activism. A zine can be anything, about anyone, made with any items available. They are self-published, or by a small publisher, and usually printed in small numbers.
Iconic East County Library underway
On June 12, 2023, Multnomah County Library held a groundbreaking ceremony for the highly anticipated approximately 95,000+ square foot East County Library in Gresham.
Media Advisory: Books to Beats brings music, literacy tools to youth in detention
On the first day of school in Portland, join Multnomah County Library leadership, staff, youth, project partner and award-winning artist Esperanza Spalding to learn how beats, poetry and music support literacy at Donald E. Long Detention Center and preview other possible resources and offerings through the library’s space planning and expansion program.
Computers, software and equipment
Computers and equipment that patrons can use at the library.
John Wilson Special Collections
The John Wilson Special Collections holds rare books and important research collections.
This autumn, pick up a new project or fall even more deeply in love with a favorite pastime.
Interlibrary loan copyright restrictions and guidelines
Multnomah County Library’s interlibrary loan department follows copyright law
Добро пожаловать на новый веб-сайт библиотеки округа Малтнома
Библиотека округа Малтнома обновила свой веб-сайт, добавив в него новые функции и содержание. Этот веб-сайт был создан совместными усилиями сотрудников библиотеки, посетителей и членов сообщества.
These books can offer a starting point for Kids and family to discuss social justice and race together.
Lời Cáo phó
Khi nghiên cứu lịch sử gia đình, lời cáo phó có thể là nguồn thông tin phong phú.
New Holgate Library to open in July as larger, modern library
PORTLAND, Ore.--June 17, 2024
Multnomah County Library is excited to announce the grand opening of the brand new Holgate Library on July 13, 2024. Holgate is the first new, permanent library to open in Multnomah County in more than a decade and the most energy efficient library ever built in Multnomah County. It’s a bright and modern space, built to be open, flexible and sustainable.
These audiobooks, some of them available in downloadable audio and others as audio CDs, feature First Nations, Indigenous, Native American, Indian and Alaska Native readers.