Multnomah County Library

E103582

library system public library system

Multnomah County Library is a large public library system serving residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, including the city of Portland and surrounding communities.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Central Library (Portland, Oregon)	3
Multnomah County Library canonical	2
Multnomah County Central Library	1
Multnomah County Library system	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T881484 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Multnomah County Library
Context triple: [Fairview, Oregon, hasLibrarySystem, Multnomah County Library]

A. Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
B. Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library is the main public library system serving residents of Corvallis and the surrounding communities in Benton County, Oregon.
C. Mercer Island Library
Mercer Island Library is a public library serving the community of Mercer Island in Washington State as part of the King County Library System.
D. Powell’s City of Books
Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
E. Chinn Park Regional Library
Chinn Park Regional Library is a major public library serving the Woodbridge, Virginia community with extensive collections, programs, and community services.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Multnomah County Library
Target entity description: Multnomah County Library is a large public library system serving residents of Multnomah County, Oregon, including the city of Portland and surrounding communities.

A. Seattle Central Library
Seattle Central Library is a striking glass-and-steel public library building in downtown Seattle, renowned for its innovative architecture by Rem Koolhaas and its role as the flagship branch of the Seattle Public Library system.
B. Corvallis-Benton County Public Library
The Corvallis-Benton County Public Library is the main public library system serving residents of Corvallis and the surrounding communities in Benton County, Oregon.
C. Mercer Island Library
Mercer Island Library is a public library serving the community of Mercer Island in Washington State as part of the King County Library System.
D. Powell’s City of Books
Powell’s City of Books is a famed independent bookstore in Portland, Oregon, renowned as one of the world’s largest new and used bookstores, occupying an entire city block.
E. Chinn Park Regional Library
Chinn Park Regional Library is a major public library serving the Woodbridge, Virginia community with extensive collections, programs, and community services.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	library system ⓘ public library system ⓘ
collectionType	audio-visual materials ⓘ books ⓘ digital resources ⓘ local history materials ⓘ periodicals ⓘ
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
fundedBy	Multnomah County government ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County
genre	public library ⓘ
hasPart	Central Library (Portland, Oregon) ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County Library branch libraries ⓘ branches in Gresham, Oregon ⓘ branches in other Multnomah County communities ⓘ neighborhood branches in Portland ⓘ
hasService	adult education programs ⓘ audiobook lending ⓘ children's programs ⓘ community events ⓘ digital collections access ⓘ e-book lending ⓘ interlibrary loan ⓘ lending of books ⓘ lending of media ⓘ library cards for residents of Multnomah County ⓘ public internet access ⓘ reference services ⓘ research assistance ⓘ teen programs ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Portland, Oregon ⓘ linked to: Portland
industry	public libraries ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName	English ⓘ
locatedIn	Multnomah County, Oregon ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County
locatedInTimeZone	Pacific Time Zone ⓘ
mainBuilding	Central Library (Portland, Oregon) ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County Library
operates	Central Library (Portland, Oregon) ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County Library
operator	Multnomah County ⓘ
ownedBy	Multnomah County ⓘ
publicAccess	yes ⓘ
serves	city of Portland, Oregon ⓘ linked to: Portland, Oregon, United States residents of Multnomah County, Oregon ⓘ surrounding communities in Multnomah County ⓘ
serviceArea	Multnomah County, Oregon ⓘ linked to: Multnomah County
serviceProvidedFor	children ⓘ general public ⓘ researchers ⓘ students ⓘ
state	Oregon ⓘ
typeOfOrganization	county government department ⓘ
website	https://multcolib.org/ ⓘ

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