NEW UPDATES!
OARs governing county retention were updated November 2025. Your Multnomah County Retention Series has been updated accordingly. Please make sure to double check - some series may have new retention periods.
Each series contains the following information:
- Series Title (Agency Series #)
- Description. (Legal Citations)
- Retention
Monthly Statistical Reports (L14-005)
Reports documenting reference activities of the library system. Information includes monthly statistics on questions asked, type of question, method of request, and related information. Statistics are rolled up into the department monthly and annual reports. (OAR 166-150-0140(6))
Retention:
Retain 2 years.
Reference Requests (L14-001)
Documents patron requests for information from reference librarians in the County Library system. Includes email requests via the library's "Ask Me" website, phone requests, and mail requests. Many requests are ephemeral in nature, but some are used to build a reference database for future requests. Requests include person making request (in the Ask Me database this link is deleted after 30 days), nature of request, library's response, and related information. (OAR 166-150-0085(11))
Retention:
Retain 1 year.
Note: Recent increase from superseded or obsolete.