Multnomah County Library - Gresham — Attraction in Gresham

I was thrilled and grateful and hopeful to see my local branch open back up again. I had planned to go there this morning. Key word there is morning. Then I looked up the hours. They are NEVER open before noon!! All the hours are the same!! So... if you are only available in the morning, I guess your tax dollars are just going in the toilet. I get you can only afford to open six hours a day... oh wait. No, I dont get that at all because most other branches are still closed (for no good reason I might point out). So why aren't the few branches that are open, open longer hours? Wouldn't this help out your librarians? Or are they having too much fun sleeping in on our tax dollars? And all the unemployed and homeless and young parents who really really badly need this place, just sit and wait for four hours. Four hours that could be productive learning time. Four hours of productive job searching time. But no. The doors are locked and nobody gets to move forward with their lives because librarians can't get out of bed before 11am, apparently. I have voted for library funding Every Single Time in the last 30 years. So ... if I'm this ticked off about my tax dollars ... good luck getting funded next time around. I think librarians are essential workers. I just wish they would start...

I have been coming to this branch for almost 20 years but I've fallen off coming in person after covid because I rely so much on audiobooks and ebooks the past few years. The employees are always so helpful but today I got to take my teenage nephew in to get a library card and we had the pleasure of asking Chloe, the teen librarian, for help. She was fantastic! So knowledgeable and friendly, and had some great recommendations. The woman at the front desk, whose name I didn't catch (sorry NJ friend!) was also a wealth of knowledge about some great programs I've never heard of! I'm so excited for the new location opening in 2026. These wonderful librarians deserve a space as incredible and special as each one of them. Support your local...

Been going to the library my whole life, always loved it. My teenagers went here and the staff wouldn't help them and treated them so badly they left. Why are we not welcoming to youth? Don't we want them in a safe place reading and staying out of trouble? Guess not at the Gresham library. Can't wait for Fairview to be back open so we never have to go here again. Fairview and Troutdale both have always welcomed my children and interacted with them. The first time my kids ever came put the library upset and felt uncomfortable. Check your staff here! That's not how we should be treating youth. We should make a place for reading welcoming...