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The Good Side: Street Books Library
KPTV’s Anna Katayama joined us on shift: “It’s just a street library but aside from books, it’s offering connection and hope.”
Leigh, longtime Street Books patron who has checked out hundreds of books: “They’re always there to help someone out with all sorts of stuff. I feel like I found a cool family here.”
News
From Nurses to Social Workers, See How Public Libraries are Serving the Homeless, PBS News Hour
Street Books Peddles and Pedals to Homeless, KOIN 6 News
Portland’s Street Books Reaches ‘Outside’ People, Portland Business Journal
Homeless Outreach in Volumes: Books by Bike for ‘Outside’ People in Oregon, New York Times
Portland’s Pedal-Powered Library Brings Books to the Streets, Bikeportland.org
Street Books, Portland’s bike-powered library for homeless people, celebrates success, OregonLive.com
Down & Out in Old Town, Street Roots
What I Learned From Ben, Street Roots
April Global Newsletter, Aesop
Four Awesome Ventures That Feature Bicycles, Goodnet
Greenie Entrepreneurs Turning to Kickstarter, The Portland Tribune
In Portland, Reading Takes to the Streets, The Big Read Blog, National Endowment for the Arts
Laura Moulton is a Street Librarian, Framed Magazine
Serving the Community One Book at a Time, Bicycle Paper
Creatively Constructive: Four Local Organizations Combine Outreach & Art, The Portland Mercury
Sidewalk Attractions: Street Books, a Pedal-Powered Library is Open for the Winter, Oregonlive.com
Street Books Helps Portland’s Homeless, KGW Television
Street Books brings a good read to people on the streets, Street Roots
Portland’s Street Librarian Brings Books to the Homeless, LibraryJournal.com
Laura Moulton brings books to the homeless – by bike, The Christian Science Monitor
Interview: Street Books Librarian, Laura Moulton, Reading Local
She Inspires 365: A Photo Project, Andrea Leoncavallo
Bicycle-powered cart gives Portland’s homeless a chance to check out a good book, The Oregonian
Meet Portland’s “Street Librarian, The Portland Mercury
Documentary
Street Books Documentary, Rachel Bracker
Street Books, Portland·ography
Heart of the Matter: Street Books, Earth2World Internet TV