Good Reads

Looking for book recommendations? News about the latest bestsellers? Want to peruse the latest headlines? Then you've come to the right place!

Novelist Plus

Novelist provides reader's advisory and "What to Read Next?" information for fiction books. It's a wonderful tool to find series orders, Book Reviews, Author Read-alikes, Book Discussion Guides, Award Winners, Recommended Reading Lists, even details about a book's reading level (grade and Lexile). A handy Check Your Catalog link on each book record performs automatic search of our Sage Catalog for that item.

For remote access, be prepared enter the numbers of the barcode on your library card. Proceed to Novelist!

From the New York Times and Powell's City of Books

The latest news about books from the New York Times as well as weekly book reviews.
Check out daily book reviews from Powell's City of Books.
Read up on what NPR has to say about the latest books and interesting authors.

Library of Congress | Center for the Book | Read.gov

Read and listen to online books, find reading lists, author webcasts, contests, and more...

Reviews, Bestsellers and Award-Winners

Newsfeeds Updated Hourly

Local news from Oregon Public Broadcasting.
National news from National Public Radio.
World headlines from the BBC Online.

Website Accessibility Policy

Baker County Library District is fully committed to providing accessible facilities, elements and channels of communication to all members of the public. As part of this commitment, Baker County Library District has a policy of providing an accessible website compatible with the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG 2.1) and commercial screen reading software. All features of the website are coded to allow individuals with vision and other impairments to understand and use the website to the same degree as someone without disabilities. We welcome feedback and can often resolve issues in a timely manner if they arise.

If you need any special assistance or accommodations:

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Ongoing Compliance Information

Compliance Officer

Baker County Library District has designated a compliance officer for website disability-related accommodations. The compliance officer has received training in website accessibility and updates the site in accordance with those best practices. Contact our accessibility officer to report an issue.

Compliance Procedures and Reports

In addition to testing with users with a wide range of disabilities and coding our website to WCAG standards, Baker County Library District regularly scans its website to ensure ongoing compliance, and makes timely changes to any inaccessible changes, if any are found.

Linked Documents and Third Parties

Please note that this site may link out to third-party websites, such as state or federal agencies, that do not have accessible content. This site may also include documents provided by third parties included in our agenda packets, for example. While we cannot control the accessibility of content provided by third parties, we are happy to assist any member of the public with reading and accessing content on our site.

See an opportunity for us to improve? Please contact our accessibility officer or call us at (541) 523-6419.

Report a Website Accessibility Issue

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