SUPPORT YOUR LOCAL POLLINATORS We’re working with libraries across the nation to share the importance of protecting pollinators and increasing wildflowers in our community. With #PlantWildFlowers, we want to spread awareness about the importance of helping our food-producing friends all over. It’s easy! It starts with you! Now you can plant wildflowers in your backyard […]
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Now Offering Free Parking Pass Entry to Over 200 Participating California Parks
Now you can use your Kern Library card to check out a free vehicle day-use pass for 200+ California state parks. Research shows that spending time in the outdoors is associated with better mental and physical health, and that many Californians face barriers to accessing their parks. California has a wealth of state parks, and […]
2021 Impact Report
Zip Books, a free alternative to ILL
Important Information About Zip Books Due to high volume, this program is experiencing a 2-3 week delay. Thank you for your patience! We have received an overwhelmingly positive response to the Zip Books program! To ensure we can continue to offer this service, effective immediately, we are limiting orders to 3 per person per month […]
Next Used Book Sale
Who we are The Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. is a non-profit organization that supports the goal of excellent library service and resources for all the people of Kern County. With used book and magazine sales and through other activities, the Friends of the Kern County Library, Inc. helps endorse programs, the purchase […]
Introducing the NEW Way to Pick Up Your Library Holds!
Now offering a safe and convenient way for you to pick up your “on-hold” items from Kern County library branches. Visitors can still access contactless curbside service through the release of the Kern County Library “Book a Book” system, which will allow individuals to pick up titles through the ValleyCat mobile app. With Book a […]
1,000 Books Before Kindergarten
Read Together, Be Together A Literacy Program for Pre-readers The Kern County Library is excited to offer a fun, easy, and FREE program that promotes reading to newborns, infants, and toddlers. We encourage parents to bond with their children through reading. Our goal is to help parents understand the importance of literacy even before children […]
Lunch (and More) at the Library
Grab ‘n Go Drive-Thru Lunches Through August 2021 Snacks in the Stacks Homework Hang-Out and Dinner Through October 2021 Beale | Mondays – Fridays, 12-1pm Arvin | Tuesdays – Thursdays, 3-5pm Beale | Mondays – Fridays, 3-5pm (beginning Sept. 7) Delano | Wednesdays – Fridays, 3-5pm Wasco | Mondays – Tuesdays, 3-5pm Meals are for children, ages 2-18, and must […]
Book Talk Podcasts, Book Clubs, and More!
Subscribe to Library Booklists From Armchair Travel to Christian Fiction to Picture Books, choose your booklist interests and get handpicked recommendations straight to your inbox with direct links to our collection (including direct links to our eBooks!). To get started, subscribe here. Book Talk Bakersfield Join Kern County Library staff members, Fahra and Jasmin, as […]
Job Seeker Toolkit
How We Can Help I Want To:               Access Library Resources Titles on Jobs Titles on Careers This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered […]