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E-mail your question using our Ask the Librarian service.
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Chat with a librarian 24/7
Multnomah County librarians collaborate with librarians in other places to welcome your questions on any topic, 24 hours a day. Someone is always online.
We respect your privacy
We may keep the text of your questions and our answers for the purposes of statistical reporting, research and training indefinitely, but we will never relate it to any personal information about you. If you give us your e-mail address so we can send you a transcript of your chat, we will delete it from our records after seven days. We will never send you unsolicited messages.
