mobile libraries

Books on wheels

Mobile libraries are library services that travel to communities rather than operating from fixed buildings, typically using converted buses or vans stocked with books and other materials.

They serve rural areas, neighborhoods without nearby branches, schools, and populations with limited transportation: The mobile library visits our town every Thursday.

Also called bookmobiles.

Opposites
mobility/physical permanence

mobile librariesreference libraries

Non-lending information repositories

research libraries

accessibility model

mobile librariesprivate libraries

Individually owned book repositories

academic libraries

Family

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G