Wilsonville Public Library, Public library in Wilsonville, United States

Wilsonville Public Library is a modern building with spaces for individual study, group meetings, and computer workstations spread across multiple levels. The layout allows visitors to find quiet areas for reading or dedicated zones for collaborative work.

Wilsonville dedicated its library in February 1982, after the county had served the area with a bookmobile; Phila Simmons was the first librarian, and the library opened on the grounds of the old Wilsonville Grade School on Boones Ferry Road. In June 1987 residents approved $2,225,000 to build a library and buy 41.5 acres for Memorial Park; the new 7,000-square-foot building, designed by Nagao & Oroyan Associates, opened on August 23, 1988. A $4 million bond passed in November 2000 funded a fourfold expansion, and the enlarged building reopened in 2002.

The children's room is named after Walt Morey, the Wilsonville-area author of Gentle Ben, and holds a bronze plaque; a 3-foot bronze sculpture of him, paid for by the Friends of the Wilsonville Library, was dedicated on December 18, 1988. A 35-foot ceramic mural funded by the library foundation was added to the children's area in 2004. Spanish-language story time began in 2002, and in 1991 local employer Fujimi America donated about 1,500 Japanese books.

Visitors can access digital resources like e-books, audiobooks, and research databases through the Library Information Network of Clackamas County system. Many of these online materials are available from home, making access convenient.

A 3-foot bronze sculpture of author Walt Morey, a Wilsonville-area resident who wrote Gentle Ben, was commissioned while the building was under construction; the Friends of the Wilsonville Library paid $7,500 for it, and it was dedicated on December 18, 1988. The children's room, which opens onto an exterior patio, is named after Morey and holds a bronze plaque.