#bookmobiles

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Scenes from home, past and present.

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Sisters of the Kokoro library and the vitality of rural libraries

Iina, Kokoro, and Aru marvel over Aru’s drawing for the library flier in the show’s second episode In July 2022, I wrote about Kokoro Library, noting that the series takes place in an extremely rural location, with the library isolated on a mountain and receiving very few visitors/patrons. This connects with rural libraries, which do not always get as much attention as more people like in urban…

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Some form of bookmobiles have been run by the New York Public Library over its 125-year history. Called, variously,  “book vans,” “bookwagons,” and “traveling libraries,” they had access to parts of the city without brick & mortar libraries. The picture above is from the Bronx in the 1950s, and the one below, from Staten Island, lacks a date but is obviously older.

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Bookmobiles

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Colleton County Memorial Library ‘Indian Reading Club’ on Bookmobile – Summer, 1958

Seven children at Colleton County Memorial Library bookmobile for "Indian Reading Club," with poster labeled Combahee Indians and Edisto Indians. 

Image from the Colleton County Memorial Library Bookmobile Collection, held by Colleton County Memorial Library.  

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The number of bookmobiles in the United States has fallen since 1995, from nearly 1,000 to fewer than 650. But in rural areas, librarians say their services remain vital.

Bookmobiles are great! Learn more about how ALA celebrates bookmobiles with National Bookmobile Day.

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One old minibus and 1,300 books: the mobile library for refugees in Greece

A pair of volunteers set about providing to provide a quiet space to read and study, amid the upheaval and uncertainty that faces those who have fled their homes