Reader Connections

Discover ways to interact with our collection by using your library card. Explore information about borrowing books, online resources and other library services.

Using the Library

  • Borrowing Explained -- Learn more about applying for a library membership, borrowing items, and more. 
  • Interlibrary Loan -- Interlibrary Loan (ILL) is a network that allows libraries across the country to share their circulating collections. BCLS is a participating library, which enables us to obtain materials from any library willing to lend them.
  • Library by Mail -- BCLS's home delivery of requested items.

Check Out Books, Media, and More!

  • Catalog -- Find books, movies, CDs, and more in our catalog. 
  • Meet Libby -- BCLS's eBook, eMagazine, and Audiobook app all in one place.
  • Overdrive -- our digital catalog of eBooks & eMagazines.

Get Recommendations

  • Book Match -- Personalized suggestions prepared by our librarians
  • NoveList -- Discover titles by age, interest, genre and style. Locate books mentioned in the media, or search by other limiters such as an author’s nationality, reading level, number of pages or a read-alike.
  • NoveList K-8 -- Kids, tweens, and teens can get book recommendations using this application. 
  • Reading Lists -- Peruse our staff-selected Reading Lists for all ages, monthly themes, and reading levels. 

Share Your Book Love

  • Beanstack -- Track what you read and join challenges. Download it as an app or use it on desktop for free if you sign up with BCLS.
  • Borrow a Book Club -- Easily organize your own book discussion group. We'll provide all of the materials to run a book club easily and at no cost to the club's members. 
  • Branch Book Clubs -- join any of the staff-run book clubs across the system!