Four Multnomah County Library projects that will increase Portlanders’ access to library and community services are scheduled to begin in the coming weeks. The projects are all part of a major ...

Every Multnomah County Library property will be updated with, at a minimum, new furniture, paint and shelving, plus automated return and checkout technology.

The Multnomah County Central Library in downtown Portland will be closed for three months for major renovations beginning Aug. 1. The upgrades are being funded in part by a $387 million library bond ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Another Multnomah County library closed its doors Saturday in preparation for construction. The Albina Library on Northeast Knott Street will be renovated and greatly expanded.

PORTLAND, Ore. — The shaded streets around Multnomah County's Central Library in downtown Portland have become a sanctuary for a subset of the people living on the city's streets. Within or without, ...

PORTLAND, Ore. — As of 2020, the Multnomah County library system was the fourth-busiest library system in the nation. Yet, the county’s library space has not expanded since the last library bond in ...

Overdoses. Stabbings. Sexual harassment. Hate speech. For employees at Multnomah County libraries, workplace concerns go beyond late fees and damaged books. An audit of the county’s library system ...

PORTLAND. Ore. (KOIN) — Sure, we all forget things sometimes only to remember days or maybe weeks later. But one Multnomah County Library patron just returned a book 65 years after it was due.

MULTNOMAH COUNTY, Ore. (KPTV) - The Multnomah County Library broke ground on a new operations facility Wednesday. The expansion is all thanks to a Library Capital Projects bond that was approved by ...

Multnomah County’s biggest library, the central branch in downtown Portland, will close for renovations on March 11. Then it will likely remain closed through the rest of 2023. The downstairs reading ...

PORTLAND, Ore. (KOIN) – Multnomah County Library released a list on Tuesday of the most checked out books in 2025 – featuring one Portland author. The tally for the most checked out books include ...

Multnomah County librarians welcome a November bond measure that would increase library space by 50%, but they worry the county can't afford to operate the new space. Keli Yeats, a librarian at the ...