The bookmobile is complete! While playful and fairly simple in concept, the materials proved to be quite challenging to work with while only being able to operate within the windows of good weather. It was also interesting doing the project on our front lawn, where the neighborhood watched (and heard) us loudly making
Bookmobile | St. Johns County Public Library System
Piedmont Regional Library System recently received their pup-up style bookmobile complete with shelves on each side and interior slide out.
There’s few streets in this part of Kenya, so the bookmobile comes via a camel. This ingenious library is boxed and strapped to a camel. Author Masha Hamilton has accompanied the camels on library trips through Kenya’s isolated Northeastern Province. … Continue reading →
Bookmobile near the village of Granzin (Mecklenburg, Germany)
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Long before Amazon, Audible, and other digital book distributors, bookmobiles were bringing literature to peoples' doorsteps. Their mission was to provide remote villages and city suburbs that had no libraries with books to read. We invite you to remember these almost forgotten four-wheelers of the past.
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Long before Amazon, Audible, and other digital book distributors, bookmobiles were bringing literature to peoples' doorsteps. Their mission was to provide remote villages and city suburbs that had no libraries with books to read. We invite you to remember these almost forgotten four-wheelers of the past.
Blue Grass Regional Library bookmobile in front of the Maury County (Tenn.) Public Library, probably in the late 1950s or early 1960s.
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I've spent the past seven years researching bookmobiles. I've learned a lot in the process---facts, figures, stories, interpretations---but one thing that
Happy National Bookmobile Day! For this occasion I've selected some bookmobile websites for your enjoyment. The image above is of the cov...
Wi-Fi on Wheels: How—and Why—Libraries are Bringing Their Services Into Communities Bookmobiles have long been a part of the American story, bringing library materials to patrons in remote and rural areas. But now, there’s a creative new use for these vehicles: roaming hot spots, coming to a neighborhood near you.
Long before Amazon, Audible, and other digital book distributors, bookmobiles were bringing literature to peoples' doorsteps. Their mission was to provide remote villages and city suburbs that had no libraries with books to read. We invite you to remember these almost forgotten four-wheelers of the past.
Presentation of the new bookmobile at the Paris Colonial Exposition held in Paris France in 1931. Du nouveau bibliobus au pavillon permanent de l'Exposition Coloniale. Arts et Métiers Graphiques. Special Issue: Le Arts et les Techniques Graphiques. Paris: Hachard Special Issue No. 59 NC980 .A7 no.58-59
Davidson County Public Library System, 1941,
