Teleworking, working from home and remote work
Whatever you call it, it is a new way of working for many! Learn more about working in your new normal.
Creating your brand as a job applicant
Resources to create a professional brand in your job search.
Graphic novels & manga featuring LGBTQIA++ characters
These comics, graphic novels and manga for teens in grades 6-12 feature gender diverse, trans, gay, lesbian, queer, LGBTQIA++ characters.
LGBTQIA+IAP Allies
An ally is someone who stands up for, supports and encourage the people around them. These books can help you become more comfortable with gender identities and sexual orientation, and learn about LGBTQIA+IAP history and issues.
Women working
Career books and resources for women.
LGBTQIA++ Teen Fantasy and Science Fiction
YA and teen fantasy, scifi, and speculative fiction featuring protagonists or major characters who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, non-binary, or asexual.
Transgender and nonbinary kids in picture books
For preschool and grades K-3, and includes books about pronouns and gender identity. Most stories written/illustrated by trans authors and authors with trans children.
Celebrate Asian American, Native Hawai'ian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
Every May we celebrate Americans who trace their heritage to a vast region: China, Japan, Thailand, Malaysia, Korea, India, Cambodia, Vietnam, the Philippines Polynesia, Micronesia, and Melanesia, Native Hawaii, Samoa, Tahiti, Guam, Fiji, and Papua New Guinea. Here you'll find fiction, poetry, memoir and nonfiction by American authors from this rich diaspora.
If you like Court of Venom, by Kristin Burchell
Court of Venom is our latest collaboration with Ooligan Press, a teaching press affiliated with Portland State University. For the past few years, Ooligan has chosen a work submitted through the Library Writers Project, our self-publishing project fueled by the creativity of local writers.
Black Resources Collection: Celebrating Self-Care and Mental Wellness
The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora. This is a curated list of books about self-care and mental health that center on the Black experience.
Black Resources Collection: Celebrating Our Bodies
The Black Resources Collection (BRC) offers a wide variety of materials relating to the Black Diaspora. This is a curated list of books about caring for our bodies that center on the Black experience.
Books featuring characters who are neurodivergent or experience disability
If you're playing the adult summer reading game or are looking for books from a variety of perspectives, here's a list of books about and written by people who experience a disability.
For the Love of Trees
Trees are so much more than a product to be harvested, and scientists are discovering more about them everyday. Take a deep, green dive into the subject with these titles.
Doom Town: Portland Punk
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.
G: titles with gay characters + nonfiction about gay identities
Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on gay identities.
B: titles with bisexual characters + nonfiction about bisexual identities
Fiction and nonfiction about bisexual identities.
Q: nonfiction about queerness and queer identities
Nonfiction for teens
IAPD: titles with Intersex, Asexual, Pansexual & Demisexual characters + nonfiction
Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on intersex, asexual, pansexual and demisexual identities.
T: titles with trans characters + nonfiction about trans identities
Fiction and nonfiction for teens focused on trans, nonbinary and gender nonconforming identities.
L: titles with lesbian characters + nonfiction
Fiction and nonfiction for teens