book cart

Shelving aide's wheels

A book cart is a wheeled cart used in libraries to transport and temporarily store books, typically featuring multiple shelves and designed to move easily between aisles.

Library staff use book carts when reshelving returned materials or pulling books for holds: She loaded the book cart with returns from the overnight drop.

Related

due date · aisle · librarian · trolley · push · metal · stack · reshelving · checkout · quiet · quiet zone · spine · paperback · storage · mobile · hardcover · browse · organize

Categories
Opposites
mobility/permanence

book cartbookshelf

Furniture for storing volumes

shelving unit · stacks · library stacks · display case

function in book lifecycle

book cartbookshelf

Furniture for storing volumes

library stacks · permanent collection · circulation desk · archive

function/purpose

book cartbook drop

Receptacle for lending returns

discard pile

Family

book, cart, books, booked, booking, bookish, booklet, carts, carted

Familiarity
Top 500,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G