These books can offer a starting point for Kids and family to discuss social justice and race together.
Library account basics
Use your library card to check out e-books, audiobooks, streaming media, place holds and access online services and resources.
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.
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.
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.
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.
A list of books, movies, organizations and more in celebration of the many elders and seniors who have contributed to the well-being of LGBTQIA++ communities.
If you like the Bridgertons Netflix series then you might like this list.
A list of resources for those coping with trauma, loss and bereavement.
Computers, software and equipment
Computers and equipment that patrons can use at the library.
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.
Interlibrary loan copyright restrictions and guidelines
Multnomah County Library’s interlibrary loan department follows copyright law
Want to begin reading Manga, but don't know where to start? Here are some of my favorites ranging from romance-comedy to action and horror. List created by Elle Budd.
Books for a variety of ages with topics covering divorce, moving, starting school, new siblings, and loss.
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John Wilson Special Collections
The John Wilson Special Collections holds rare books and important research collections.
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.
Multnomah County Library and Regional Arts & Culture Council announce community artists as part of wide-reaching public art commissions
Artists bring community-centered approach to their artwork across libraries
If you've ever wondered how Portland got its reputation as a bastion of independent and D.I.Y music, try some of the items on this list.
Whether it's racially coded language like dog-whistles around "the woke agenda" or "the great replacement theory" or overt messaging, it's important to understand how language is used to communicat