Overdoses. Stabbings. Sexual harassment. Hate speech. For employees at Multnomah County libraries, workplace concerns go beyond late fees and damaged books. An audit of the county’s library system ...

The Brown County Library will bring back "visitor liaisons" to help staff create a safer environment. The library system hasn't had anyone in that role since 2017, when they got rid of the position, ...

The Oct. 3 Sentinel story on complaints by workers in the Santa Cruz public library system about harassment including verbal and physical assaults at their workplace downtown, deserves a firm response ...

WORCESTER — In the hours after a patron of the Worcester Public Library struck a staffer with a skateboard Thursday, residents have renewed talking about safety at a library where staff have ...

I am a decades-long user of the Palatine Public Library. I write to share my appreciation of the work that it does to make the library a safe and welcoming space for all. From the programs celebrating ...

On a recent Friday afternoon, children and parents attended a playtime event in the vibrant first-floor youth section of Portland’s Central Library. Meanwhile, a pair of medical responders carried a ...

A significant number — more than 40% — of Multnomah County librarians, clerks and employees who work with the public say they feel unsafe on the job, according to an audit of the Multnomah County ...