State Library of Oregon

06/19/2026

In honor of this year's Summer Reading theme, Plant a Seed: Read, we will be featuring items from our collection about things that grow right here in Oregon! Want to learn more? Check out our catalog in the link in our bio!

06/18/2026

The State Library will be closed Friday June 19, 2026 in honor of Juneteenth.

06/17/2026

In honor of this year's Summer Reading theme, Plant a Seed: Read, we will be featuring items from our collection about things that grow right here in Oregon! Want to learn more? Check out our catalog in the link in our bio!

06/16/2026

Talking Book & Braille Library patrons, join us for a live discussion with best-selling author Peter Heller and Colorado Public Radio journalist Maeve Conran about how landscape becomes a character. We’ll discuss Heller’s novels The Orchard (DB134029), and The Dog Stars (DBO75493), which is being released in August as a major motion picture.

When: Tuesday, June 16 at 1:00 PM PT
Where: Live on Zoom
Register: https://bit.ly/4u4YQnU

This event is for our adult patrons, separate from our youth summer reading program.

06/15/2026

Let's kick off this year's Summer Reading Program with the Oregon Talking Book & Braille Library!
🎧For all-ages, explore America's National Parks through Narrated Soundscapes starting June 22nd.
🦖For PreK-Grade 2 and Grades 3-6, order a FREE WonderBox!
📚For Youth ages 0-18, submit a Book Review by August 14th to enter a prize raffle, no registration or reading logs required.
💻For Adults, register for the Unearth a Story Webinar series!
Visit our website for all the details: https://www.oregon.gov/library/print-disabilities/Pages/Summer-Reading.aspx

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06/15/2026

The exhibit highlights the resilience and adaptability of librarians through the challenges and changes that have occurred since the early 1800s. Through the Great Depression, both World Wars, sociopolitical changes, and ever-advancing technology, librarians' goal of providing free access to information and knowledge has remained the same.

Library Staff Loved

🩷 1916 Bookmobile mapped routes
🩷 Wood "Fragile" stamp on display as it would be on someone's desk
🩷 Fully digitized Scrapbook available to view from our digital collection via QR code.

Come check out the exhibit for yourself on the 2nd floor of the State Library of Oregon

06/12/2026

In honor of this year's Summer Reading theme, Plant a Seed: Read, we will be featuring items from our collection about things that grow right here in Oregon! Want to learn more? Check out our catalog at library.oregon.gov!

06/10/2026

In honor of this year's Summer Reading theme, Plant a Seed: Read, we will be featuring items from our collection about things that grow right here in Oregon! Want to learn more? Check out our catalog! link in bio.

06/05/2026

The Oregon Talking Book & Braille Library is participating in the all-ages Summer Reading Program with the National Library Service for the Blind & Print Disabled! This year’s theme is “Unearth a Story.” 📖🪏🪨🦖

From June 15 through August 11, we’ll be digging into stories about landscapes, history, science, archives, and more through live virtual author conversations and immersive, narrated tours through National Parks.

Register for FREE today: https://www.loc.gov/nls/services-and-resources/summer-reading/