Portland Public Schools
Portland, Oregon

MLC logoMetropolitan Learning Center

K x 12 student-centered education

2033 NW Glisan St. | Portland, OR 97209
Phone: (503) 916-5737

Library

Media Specialist: Kiva Liljequist

The library is open Monday - Thursday from 8:15 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. and from 8:15 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

The mission of the MLC library is to ensure that students are effective users of ideas and information.

Click here to navigate our Online Catalog:

MLC Library Catalog

From here, you can check what books we have, what you/your student has currently checked out and when it's due, and you can renew books from here as well! You can also check the holdings of every PPS school library!

ORCA vote 2013!

Click here to vote for your favorite ORCA book of 2013!

Elections and Voting

Click here to log in to our Portaportal page. The guest access username is "mlclibrary".

Volunteer @ the Library

We are always looking for a few extra hands, if you have the time to help re-shelve books, label new ones or any of the other tasks we have on our to-do list. Give us a call or stop by the library; we'll be grateful for the help!

2013 Oregon Readers' Choice Award BLOG!

The nominees for the 2013 ORCA award are here! Click here to check out MLC's ORCA blog!

Banned and Challenged Books

Click here to read about the difference between a challenge and a ban, why books are challenged, and who challenges books.

Click here to read about frequently challenged books, sorted by by year, by author, statistics, by decade, and banned and challenged classics.

Click here to read a full list of books challenged or banned by year, compiled since 2004, the reasons behind the challenge or ban, and the result of the challenge or ban. Note: Scroll to the bottom of this page for each link, by year.

 

Did you know...

You can check your student's library account from home? Go to the MLC Library Catalog. Look at the upper right corner—it says “Login.” Click and type in the student name and six digit student number. You can see what is checked out and when it’s due. You can also renew books from home!

Research and Other Links

Book Look

Have a favorite book that you think everyone should read? Email me your name,  the title and author of the book you love, and I'll feature it on this web page!