diff --git a/backend/app/models/persona.py b/backend/app/models/persona.py
index d6761cc4..9d69248e 100755
--- a/backend/app/models/persona.py
+++ b/backend/app/models/persona.py
@@ -7,12 +7,39 @@ logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
 # Allowed fields for create/update (mass assignment protection)
 PERSONA_ALLOWED_FIELDS = {
+    # Core demographics
     "name", "age", "gender", "occupation", "education", "location",
-    "techSavviness", "personality", "interests", "brandLoyalty",
-    "priceConsciousness", "environmentalConcern", "hasPurchasingPower",
-    "hasChildren", "thinkFeelDo", "description", "imageUrl",
-    "folder_ids", "llm_model", "traits", "background", "goals",
-    "communication_style", "values", "demographics", "marketplace",
+    "ethnicity", "socialGrade",
+    # Psychographic sliders
+    "techSavviness", "brandLoyalty", "priceConsciousness",
+    "environmentalConcern", "hasPurchasingPower", "hasChildren",
+    # Personality
+    "personality", "oceanTraits",
+    # Interests and rich text
+    "interests", "description", "imageUrl",
+    # AI-generated narrative fields
+    "goals", "frustrations", "motivations", "scenarios", "scenarioType",
+    "thinkFeelDo",
+    # Household / lifestyle
+    "householdComposition", "householdIncome", "livingSituation",
+    "mediaConsumption", "deviceUsage", "shoppingHabits",
+    "brandPreferences", "communicationPreferences", "additionalInformation",
+    # Extended attitudinal fields
+    "coreValues", "lifestyleChoices", "socialActivities",
+    "categoryKnowledge", "paymentMethods", "purchaseBehaviour",
+    "decisionInfluences", "painPoints", "journeyContext",
+    "keyTouchpoints", "selfDeterminationNeeds", "fears", "narrative",
+    # AI-synthesised summary fields (for persona cards)
+    "aiSynthesizedBio", "qualitativeAttributes", "topPersonalityTraits",
+    # Generation provenance
+    "audience_brief", "research_objective",
+    # Organisation
+    "folder_ids", "folderId", "folder_id",
+    # Cohorta-specific
+    "marketplace",
+    # Legacy / misc
+    "llm_model", "traits", "background",
+    "communication_style", "values", "demographics",
 }
 
 
diff --git a/backend/app/routes/personas.py b/backend/app/routes/personas.py
index b32bc2e3..8392255f 100755
--- a/backend/app/routes/personas.py
+++ b/backend/app/routes/personas.py
@@ -48,21 +48,80 @@ async def get_all_personas():
         logger.error(f"Error in get_all_personas: {e}")
         return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
 
+
+@personas_bp.route('/library', methods=['GET'])
+@jwt_required()
+@active_required
+async def get_library_personas():
+    """Return all personas from all users, enriched with owner username."""
+    try:
+        from app.db import get_db
+        db = await get_db()
+
+        limit = min(int(request.args.get('limit', 500)), 1000)
+
+        # Single query for all users to build the username map
+        user_map = {}
+        async for u in db.users.find({}, {'_id': 1, 'username': 1, 'email': 1}):
+            uid = str(u['_id'])
+            user_map[uid] = u.get('username') or u.get('email', 'Unknown')
+
+        # Fetch personas — only fields needed for the library card
+        LIBRARY_FIELDS = {
+            'name': 1, 'age': 1, 'gender': 1, 'occupation': 1, 'location': 1,
+            'personality': 1, 'interests': 1, 'avatar': 1,
+            'oceanTraits': 1, 'aiSynthesizedBio': 1,
+            'qualitativeAttributes': 1, 'topPersonalityTraits': 1,
+            'research_objective': 1, 'audience_brief': 1, 'marketplace': 1,
+            'created_by': 1, 'created_at': 1,
+        }
+        personas = []
+        async for p in db.personas.find({}, LIBRARY_FIELDS).sort('created_at', -1).limit(limit):
+            p['_id'] = str(p['_id'])
+            p['owner_name'] = user_map.get(p.get('created_by', ''), 'Unknown')
+            personas.append(p)
+
+        return jsonify(make_serializable(personas)), 200
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error in get_library_personas: {e}")
+        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
+
+
+@personas_bp.route('/<persona_id>/clone', methods=['POST'])
+@jwt_required()
+@active_required
+@with_user_context
+async def clone_persona(persona_id):
+    """Clone any persona into the current user's library."""
+    user_id = get_jwt_identity()
+    try:
+        original = await Persona.find_by_id(persona_id)
+        if not original:
+            return jsonify({"error": "Persona not found"}), 404
+
+        clone = {k: v for k, v in original.items()
+                 if k not in ('_id', 'created_at', 'created_by', 'folder_ids', 'updated_at')}
+        clone['folder_ids'] = []
+
+        new_id = await Persona.create(clone, user_id)
+        clone['_id'] = str(new_id)
+        return jsonify({"message": "Persona cloned", "persona": make_serializable(clone), "persona_id": str(new_id)}), 201
+    except Exception as e:
+        logger.error(f"Error cloning persona {persona_id}: {e}")
+        return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500
+
+
 @personas_bp.route('/<persona_id>', methods=['GET'])
 @jwt_required()
 async def get_persona(persona_id):
     try:
-        user_id = get_jwt_identity()
         persona = await Persona.find_by_id(persona_id)
         if not persona:
             return jsonify({"message": "Persona not found"}), 404
 
-        if persona.get("created_by") and persona.get("created_by") != user_id:
-            return jsonify({"message": "Permission denied"}), 403
-
-        # Make persona serializable
-        serializable_persona = make_serializable(persona)
-        return jsonify(serializable_persona), 200
+        # Any authenticated user may read any persona (needed for shared library).
+        # Write/delete endpoints retain ownership checks.
+        return jsonify(make_serializable(persona)), 200
     except Exception as e:
         logger.error(f"Error in get_persona: {e}")
         return jsonify({"error": str(e)}), 500