Multnomah County Library
@multcolib.bsky.social
Empowering our community to learn and create.
Thanks to your amazing support, we’re just about to hit our record 7 MILLION downloads at the library 🥳 Just 3 years ago, we celebrated 5 million. Look how far we’ve come together 🥹 Help us hit this milestone before the year ends!
libbyapp.com/library/multcolib/spotlight-available/page-1
libbyapp.com/library/multcolib/spotlight-available/page-1
December 27, 2025 at 12:45 AM
Thanks to your amazing support, we’re just about to hit our record 7 MILLION downloads at the library 🥳 Just 3 years ago, we celebrated 5 million. Look how far we’ve come together 🥹 Help us hit this milestone before the year ends!
libbyapp.com/library/multcolib/spotlight-available/page-1
libbyapp.com/library/multcolib/spotlight-available/page-1
We're so lucky to have such an amazing community of library lovers! Curious about what everyone's reading? Here are our most checked-out books of 2025.
👉 multcolib.org/multnomah-county-librarys-best-and-most-checked-out-books-2025-are
#booksky
👉 multcolib.org/multnomah-county-librarys-best-and-most-checked-out-books-2025-are
#booksky
December 24, 2025 at 12:30 AM
We're so lucky to have such an amazing community of library lovers! Curious about what everyone's reading? Here are our most checked-out books of 2025.
👉 multcolib.org/multnomah-county-librarys-best-and-most-checked-out-books-2025-are
#booksky
👉 multcolib.org/multnomah-county-librarys-best-and-most-checked-out-books-2025-are
#booksky
All Multnomah County libraries will be closed the following holidays:
🌟 Christmas Eve (December 24)
🌟 Christmas Day (December 25)
🌟 New Years Day (January 1)
All libraries will be open 10 am to 6 pm both Tuesday, December 23 and Wednesday, December 31.
multcolib.org/hours-and-locations.
🌟 Christmas Eve (December 24)
🌟 Christmas Day (December 25)
🌟 New Years Day (January 1)
All libraries will be open 10 am to 6 pm both Tuesday, December 23 and Wednesday, December 31.
multcolib.org/hours-and-locations.
December 22, 2025 at 5:33 PM
All Multnomah County libraries will be closed the following holidays:
🌟 Christmas Eve (December 24)
🌟 Christmas Day (December 25)
🌟 New Years Day (January 1)
All libraries will be open 10 am to 6 pm both Tuesday, December 23 and Wednesday, December 31.
multcolib.org/hours-and-locations.
🌟 Christmas Eve (December 24)
🌟 Christmas Day (December 25)
🌟 New Years Day (January 1)
All libraries will be open 10 am to 6 pm both Tuesday, December 23 and Wednesday, December 31.
multcolib.org/hours-and-locations.
Your TBR list needs a little love. 💚 Drop your reading requests below, then tune in for #AskALibrarian Thursdays from 9-10 am PT to get a custom recommendation from our team! 📚
December 17, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Your TBR list needs a little love. 💚 Drop your reading requests below, then tune in for #AskALibrarian Thursdays from 9-10 am PT to get a custom recommendation from our team! 📚
When your combined reading list is literally taller than your classmates!
Last month, a class from McDaniel High School set a new record with one of the longest checkout receipts we've ever seen. It was even taller than patron Sasha, which impressed his classmates and library staff alike!
Last month, a class from McDaniel High School set a new record with one of the longest checkout receipts we've ever seen. It was even taller than patron Sasha, which impressed his classmates and library staff alike!
December 15, 2025 at 8:44 PM
When your combined reading list is literally taller than your classmates!
Last month, a class from McDaniel High School set a new record with one of the longest checkout receipts we've ever seen. It was even taller than patron Sasha, which impressed his classmates and library staff alike!
Last month, a class from McDaniel High School set a new record with one of the longest checkout receipts we've ever seen. It was even taller than patron Sasha, which impressed his classmates and library staff alike!
Ask us what to read! Send us your reading questions over the next 24 hours, and our team of librarians will come up with a custom recommendation just for you. Tune in for #AskALibrarian live from 9 to 10 am PT on Thursdays! 📚
December 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Ask us what to read! Send us your reading questions over the next 24 hours, and our team of librarians will come up with a custom recommendation just for you. Tune in for #AskALibrarian live from 9 to 10 am PT on Thursdays! 📚
Looking for your next favorite read? 📚 Ask our librarians for a personalized rec over the next 24 hours. Join us LIVE Thursdays from 9 to 10 am PT for #AskALibrarian! 💚 #booksky
December 3, 2025 at 5:47 PM
Looking for your next favorite read? 📚 Ask our librarians for a personalized rec over the next 24 hours. Join us LIVE Thursdays from 9 to 10 am PT for #AskALibrarian! 💚 #booksky
Get excited for your new Northwest Library! This new library is over twice the size of the prior space and opening January 10, 2026. We hope to see you there!
🗓️ January 10-11, 2026
📍Northwest Library
2030 NW Pettygrove St.
Portland, OR
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/northwest
🗓️ January 10-11, 2026
📍Northwest Library
2030 NW Pettygrove St.
Portland, OR
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/northwest
December 2, 2025 at 4:42 PM
Get excited for your new Northwest Library! This new library is over twice the size of the prior space and opening January 10, 2026. We hope to see you there!
🗓️ January 10-11, 2026
📍Northwest Library
2030 NW Pettygrove St.
Portland, OR
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/northwest
🗓️ January 10-11, 2026
📍Northwest Library
2030 NW Pettygrove St.
Portland, OR
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/northwest
All libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving from 6pm November 26 through November 27 🍁 See you soon!
November 25, 2025 at 1:22 AM
All libraries will be closed for Thanksgiving from 6pm November 26 through November 27 🍁 See you soon!
🏳️⚧️November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
This list focuses on non-fiction titles for adults and older teens. #TDOR #Booksky
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/114633184/2198080019
This list focuses on non-fiction titles for adults and older teens. #TDOR #Booksky
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/114633184/2198080019
November 20, 2025 at 8:21 PM
🏳️⚧️November 20 is Transgender Day of Remembrance, honoring the memory of transgender people whose lives were lost in acts of anti-transgender violence.
This list focuses on non-fiction titles for adults and older teens. #TDOR #Booksky
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/114633184/2198080019
This list focuses on non-fiction titles for adults and older teens. #TDOR #Booksky
multcolib.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/display/114633184/2198080019
Want to figure out what to read next? 🧐 We can help! Send us your reading questions and our librarians will share personalized recommendations during our weekly #AskALibrarian tomorrow from 9 to 10 am PT. 💚
November 19, 2025 at 5:00 PM
Want to figure out what to read next? 🧐 We can help! Send us your reading questions and our librarians will share personalized recommendations during our weekly #AskALibrarian tomorrow from 9 to 10 am PT. 💚
Now that the final inspection is complete, Sellwood-Moreland Library is officially open to the public!
Our team of adorable, detail-oriented preschoolers came by to double-check every corner and gave us their enthusiastic thumbs-up. Thanks for the sticker of approval 🌟! #booksky
Our team of adorable, detail-oriented preschoolers came by to double-check every corner and gave us their enthusiastic thumbs-up. Thanks for the sticker of approval 🌟! #booksky
November 14, 2025 at 11:47 PM
Now that the final inspection is complete, Sellwood-Moreland Library is officially open to the public!
Our team of adorable, detail-oriented preschoolers came by to double-check every corner and gave us their enthusiastic thumbs-up. Thanks for the sticker of approval 🌟! #booksky
Our team of adorable, detail-oriented preschoolers came by to double-check every corner and gave us their enthusiastic thumbs-up. Thanks for the sticker of approval 🌟! #booksky
This Friday is Sellwood-Moreland Library's big day! We can't wait to see you at the reopening of our beloved library 💚 Visit our website to learn about the Refresh project and the exciting updates to Sellwood-Moreland Library!
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
November 12, 2025 at 5:36 PM
This Friday is Sellwood-Moreland Library's big day! We can't wait to see you at the reopening of our beloved library 💚 Visit our website to learn about the Refresh project and the exciting updates to Sellwood-Moreland Library!
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
It's time for personalized reading recommendations! In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, let's dive into Indigenous books and stories this week. #AskALibrarian
November 12, 2025 at 5:31 PM
It's time for personalized reading recommendations! In celebration of Native American Heritage Month, let's dive into Indigenous books and stories this week. #AskALibrarian
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I was inspired by my newly renovated public library to resurrect my newsletter with this ode to "third places," college, and community. (Shout-out to the Albina @multcolib.bsky.social and the @carleton.edu library!) mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
An Ode to My New Library
And all the third places I’ve loved before
mayadusenbery.substack.com
November 5, 2025 at 11:40 PM
I was inspired by my newly renovated public library to resurrect my newsletter with this ode to "third places," college, and community. (Shout-out to the Albina @multcolib.bsky.social and the @carleton.edu library!) mayadusenbery.substack.com/p/an-ode-to-...
Need a book to curl up on the couch with as it's getting colder and darker? Join us for #AskALibrarian LIVE from 9 to 10 am PT on Thursdays! Send us questions about what you'd like to read ahead of time and we'll come up with a personalized recommendation just for you. 💚 #booksky
November 5, 2025 at 5:21 PM
Need a book to curl up on the couch with as it's getting colder and darker? Join us for #AskALibrarian LIVE from 9 to 10 am PT on Thursdays! Send us questions about what you'd like to read ahead of time and we'll come up with a personalized recommendation just for you. 💚 #booksky
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The rain is here Portland, and it's the perfect time to brush up on your winter biking skills! Join PBOT's Portland By Cycle team for an All Season Cycling workshop this Friday, Nov. 7 from 3 - 5 p.m. at Woodstock Library.
@multcolib.bsky.social
@multcolib.bsky.social
November 5, 2025 at 12:58 AM
The rain is here Portland, and it's the perfect time to brush up on your winter biking skills! Join PBOT's Portland By Cycle team for an All Season Cycling workshop this Friday, Nov. 7 from 3 - 5 p.m. at Woodstock Library.
@multcolib.bsky.social
@multcolib.bsky.social
What we’re thinking about? How Portland’s own John Wilson (1826-1900) performed a séance with a medium to contact his late wife Rose. He wrote down everything the spirit said in this small diary. Visit the Rare Book Room to read what she said, if you dare 😳😱
🎃Happy Halloween! #booksky
🎃Happy Halloween! #booksky
October 31, 2025 at 10:00 PM
What we’re thinking about? How Portland’s own John Wilson (1826-1900) performed a séance with a medium to contact his late wife Rose. He wrote down everything the spirit said in this small diary. Visit the Rare Book Room to read what she said, if you dare 😳😱
🎃Happy Halloween! #booksky
🎃Happy Halloween! #booksky
Get your book recommendations here! Ask us what to read in the next 24 hours and we’ll send you a personalized rec from our team of librarians tomorrow live from 9 to 10 am PT. Join us this and every Thursday for #AskALibrarian! 📚
October 29, 2025 at 4:50 PM
Get your book recommendations here! Ask us what to read in the next 24 hours and we’ll send you a personalized rec from our team of librarians tomorrow live from 9 to 10 am PT. Join us this and every Thursday for #AskALibrarian! 📚
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Ballot drop boxes. Reading rooms. An assembly hall. A new Black Cultural Center.
North Portland Library has been at the center of its community’s civic life for 100+ years — and it’s the latest stop on our #CarnegieLibraryRoadTrip!
📰👉 carnegie.io/3Js9e7S
@multcolib.bsky.social #CarnegieLibraries
North Portland Library has been at the center of its community’s civic life for 100+ years — and it’s the latest stop on our #CarnegieLibraryRoadTrip!
📰👉 carnegie.io/3Js9e7S
@multcolib.bsky.social #CarnegieLibraries
A Portland Community Votes to Invest $13 Million in Its Carnegie Library | Library Grants | Carnegie Corporation of New York
As part of a taxpayer-approved ballot measure, North Portland Library is one of three Carnegie Libraries renovated in Multnomah County, Oregon
carnegie.io
October 29, 2025 at 3:21 PM
Ballot drop boxes. Reading rooms. An assembly hall. A new Black Cultural Center.
North Portland Library has been at the center of its community’s civic life for 100+ years — and it’s the latest stop on our #CarnegieLibraryRoadTrip!
📰👉 carnegie.io/3Js9e7S
@multcolib.bsky.social #CarnegieLibraries
North Portland Library has been at the center of its community’s civic life for 100+ years — and it’s the latest stop on our #CarnegieLibraryRoadTrip!
📰👉 carnegie.io/3Js9e7S
@multcolib.bsky.social #CarnegieLibraries
We're celebrating one year of the new Midland Library! Libraries are truly about so much more than just books—they’re also places where you can share ideas and feel at home. You helped us shape this beautiful space. Thank you!
multcolib.org/building-libraries-together
📸: Naim Hasan Photography
multcolib.org/building-libraries-together
📸: Naim Hasan Photography
October 27, 2025 at 8:25 PM
We're celebrating one year of the new Midland Library! Libraries are truly about so much more than just books—they’re also places where you can share ideas and feel at home. You helped us shape this beautiful space. Thank you!
multcolib.org/building-libraries-together
📸: Naim Hasan Photography
multcolib.org/building-libraries-together
📸: Naim Hasan Photography
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Today, PBOT and @multcolib.bsky.social are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Bike to Books Design Contest!
www.portland.gov/transportati...
www.portland.gov/transportati...
October 24, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today, PBOT and @multcolib.bsky.social are excited to announce the winners of the 2025 Bike to Books Design Contest!
www.portland.gov/transportati...
www.portland.gov/transportati...
We’re having a special 😱scary😱 #AskALibrarian tomorrow! Send us horror reading requests today and we’ll send recs tomorrow from 9 to 10 am PT. We’ll also answer any non-horror asks we get as usual! 🎃
October 22, 2025 at 4:21 PM
We’re having a special 😱scary😱 #AskALibrarian tomorrow! Send us horror reading requests today and we’ll send recs tomorrow from 9 to 10 am PT. We’ll also answer any non-horror asks we get as usual! 🎃
Enjoy the best of queer lit! The winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards were announced earlier this month, and patrons can borrow many of the award-winning books from us. What’s your favorite on the list? #booksky 📚
multcolib.org/read/lambda-literary-award-winners-2025-multcolib
multcolib.org/read/lambda-literary-award-winners-2025-multcolib
October 22, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Enjoy the best of queer lit! The winners of the 2025 Lambda Literary Awards were announced earlier this month, and patrons can borrow many of the award-winning books from us. What’s your favorite on the list? #booksky 📚
multcolib.org/read/lambda-literary-award-winners-2025-multcolib
multcolib.org/read/lambda-literary-award-winners-2025-multcolib
Rockwood Library is reopening Friday, October 24! This space has been beautifully updated and we can't wait to welcome you back. For creatives, Rockwood’s makerspace will be ready on opening day!
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
October 21, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Rockwood Library is reopening Friday, October 24! This space has been beautifully updated and we can't wait to welcome you back. For creatives, Rockwood’s makerspace will be ready on opening day!
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects
https://multcolib.org/building-libraries-together/refresh-projects