1. Multnomah provides reading room for homeless.
- Author
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DeCandido, GraceAnne A.
- Subjects
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LIBRARIES & the homeless , *LIBRARIES & community , *ADULT services in public libraries , *HOMELESS persons , *VOLUNTEER service , *VOLUNTEERS , *LIBRARY users , *PUBLIC libraries - Abstract
Reports on the efforts of Multnomah County Library to keep open its Old Town Reading Room in Portland, Oregon. Way that the Reading Room provides services for homeless and low-income library users; Efforts of volunteers to keep the Reading Room staffed; Need of the library for funding to keep the Reading Room open; Donations by a private donor and the Junior League Community Assistance Fund to keep the room open until June of 1989.
- Published
- 1989