101 things you wanted to know about mobiles, but were afraid to ask

Stringer, Ian

IFLA Council and General Conference / .
(ReLIS:jul:juljin:6646)

Abstract:

Mobile libraries have been around for a long time. The first recorded vehicle in the UK was a horse-drawn vehicle in Warrington in 1859. But mobiles really came to use with surplus army vehicles after the First World War and became the norm for counties after the Second World War. As the first of the Nordic countries, Denmark had its first mobile library running in 1926. However, an up-to-date service, lending books directly to the users, was not introduced until the end of the sixties. 1 Mobile libraries are a key component of the delivery of public library services, especially, but not exclusively, in rural areas. They are a way of ensuring that the service is available to those who might have difficulty in using the static libraries in an authority’s area. They reach the socially excluded sections of society.

Creation: 2004
Keywords: Bibliobuses ;

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