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Mon, 08 Nov 2010 13:32:59 -0500

shrinkinglibrarian: Guest blogger: What’s it like to command a...

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 23:53:42 -0400

Guest blogger: What’s it like to command a bookmobile?

“It’s been a fast seven months since the Warren County Public Library in Bowling Green, Ky., put me in charge of a 40-foot-long, 30,000-pound Blue Bird bus modified to hold almost 6,000 library items, otherwise known as the Mobile Branch. I got the job after the previous bookmobile library assistant retired last year. I was ready to do something different in the library world. And it’s been awesome ever since.

Did I mention I get to drive this thing? Backing up in the Mobile Branch requires help from a TV monitor piping images from a video camera attached to the back of the bus. And it took a while to get used to turning and slowing down in a bookmobile. But the view out the windows is worth it. My stops take me past near-endless fields of corn and down country roads that curve around the crops.” (via LISNews)

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Wed, 06 Oct 2010 13:17:59 -0400

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oldtimecincy: This photograph of the first bookmobile of the...

Wed, 06 Oct 2010 11:26:02 -0400

oldtimecincy:

This photograph of the first bookmobile of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County was taken in 1927. The library began its bookmobile service to rural schools in 1927 and eventually expanded it to other areas. This photograph measures 5.5” x 7” (13.97 x 17.78 cm).

librarianista: Traveling Library, Perry...

Wed, 22 Sep 2010 08:31:39 -0400

librarianista:

Traveling Library, Perry County, Kentucky

(Western Kentucky University)

librarianista: When a new Emerald Isle bookmobile attendant...

Mon, 20 Sep 2010 10:33:48 -0400

librarianista:

When a new Emerald Isle bookmobile attendant discovers that the roving library’s 15,000 books have disappeared, he cannot resign from his job until he finds them.

(via The Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh)

librarianista: New Zealand bookmobiles

Wed, 15 Sep 2010 10:00:00 -0400

librarianista:

New Zealand bookmobiles

nothinginc: I had a Bookmobile sighting yesterday on a ride...

Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:31:00 -0400

nothinginc:

I had a Bookmobile sighting yesterday on a ride down to Ocean Beach. I’d heard a lot about them, but was starting to wonder if they really existed.

The painting on the side doesn’t match the Bookmobile I thought it was, apparently, there are a few of these trucks out there. I’m hoping to see the one documentarian Tom Corwin bought to drive around the country and interview regular people about what their favorite book is and how it influenced their lives. I can’t imagine having to pick just one.

oldtimecincy: Bookmobile This photograph of a family standing...

Sat, 11 Sep 2010 11:43:00 -0400

oldtimecincy:

Bookmobile

This photograph of a family standing in front of a bookmobile in Cincinnati was taken in 1948. The Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County began its bookmobile service to rural schools in 1927 and eventually expanded it to other areas. This photograph measures 5.5” x 7” (13.97 x 17.78 cm).

bojgy: Back in my day, the bookmobile was a donkey and all the...

Wed, 08 Sep 2010 04:32:44 -0400

bojgy:

Back in my day, the bookmobile was a donkey and all the books were in Spanish.

Floating Schools and Libraries in Bangladesh | Geology.com

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 11:48:31 -0400

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librarianista: The Virginia Beach Public Schools Reading Bus

Mon, 05 Jul 2010 10:00:00 -0400

librarianista:

The Virginia Beach Public Schools Reading Bus

librarianista: Forsyth County Public Library bookmobile,...

Mon, 28 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

librarianista:

Forsyth County Public Library bookmobile, Winston Salem, NC, 1953.

(Courtesy of the Forsyth County Public Library Photograph Collection)

marycaple: Emergency personnel tend to the driver of a...

Mon, 21 Jun 2010 14:00:00 -0400

marycaple:

Emergency personnel tend to the driver of a bookmobile who lost control and overturned the vehicle near Hugh Moore Park in Easton, Pa., April 1988

pvddesign: BOOKMOBILE - 1967 (via Providence Public Library)

Fri, 18 Jun 2010 10:00:00 -0400

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BOOKMOBILE - 1967 (via Providence Public Library)

librarianista: Cool Bookmobile Find of the Day: Weapon of Mass...

Thu, 17 Jun 2010 00:40:55 -0400

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Cool Bookmobile Find of the Day: Weapon of Mass Instruction

In Argentina, local artist Raul Lemesoff has transformed an old Ford Falcon into a roving library. He weaves through the streets of Buenos Aires and the rest of the country, offering books to passers-by in the hopes of sparking the country’s appetite for literature. Peace through literature. This is an idea whose time has come.

The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time

Sat, 22 May 2010 11:10:00 -0400

The 100 Greatest Novels of All Time: awritersruminations: libraryland: jerryfosterpdn: A list...

"There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of all."

Tue, 18 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

“There are many little ways to enlarge your child’s world. Love of books is the best of...

ibelieveinhappyendings: libraryland: wordpainting: Find time...

Fri, 07 May 2010 10:00:00 -0400

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Wed, 05 May 2010 13:00:00 -0400

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