2023 Read: Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body

The One Book Project is a countywide reading and discussion project that fosters empathy, promotes awareness, and strengthens the fabric of our community by exploring the themes in this year’s One Book selection, Sitting Pretty: The View From My Ordinary Resilient Disabled Body by Rebekah Taussig.  About the Fall 2023 Primary Title Sitting Pretty: The […]

Find Your Voice @ The Library This Summer!

Take the Challenge and Join the Fun! This Summer, spend time exploring books, history, social justice, and STEAM through books and creative activities. At the Kern County Library, we encourage you to be creative, try new things, explore art, and find beauty in diversity.  Who’s Invited Everyone, ages 0-100 Books That Count Read books, eBooks, […]

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Branches & Bookmobile The Library serves the Kern County community through 22 physical locations, one bookmobile, and a vast eLibrary collection, providing access to resources, services, and programs both in person and online. Kern County Holidays and Observances   Baker Branch Library 1400 Baker Street, Bakersfield, CA 93305 Contact: Facebook  | 661.861.2390 Hours: Tuesday – Thursday, 10am – […]

Brainfuse HelpNow Online Tutoring

Brainfuse HelpNow is an all-in-one suite of online live tutoring services designed for a wide range of academic needs – whether it’s tackling a tough homework problem, mastering a particular topic, or writing a paper. The Adult Learning Center provides comprehensive academic support from trained adult education specialists in areas such as US Citizenship testing, […]