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Warrington Perambulating Library
Warrington’s Perambulating Library – operated by the town’s Mechanics Institute and one of the first mobile libraries in England. -
Mary Lemist Titcomb
Mary Lemist Titcomb designed the first bookmobile in the U.S. in 1905. It was a horse-drawn wagon and could hold 200 books. Photo credit: Crossett Library -
WWI: ALA Library War Service
During the course of U.S. involvement in World War I, the American Library Association collected $5 million in donations for the Library War Service, a service that accumulated a collection of ten million publications and established thirty-six camp libraries across the United States and Europe. It was the ALA Library War Service’s mission to provide “a book for every man.” -
Sarah Byrd Askew
Known for bringing books and people together. Sarah Askew saw the need for library services in rural areas. As a result, New Jersey became recognized nationally for their county library movement. She designed a Model-T book truck. -
Effie Louise Power
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The Pack Horse Library
A result of the Great Depression, New Deal and Works Progress Administration, librarians on horseback served 50,000 families, and, by 1937, 155 public schools. -
WWII: Council on Books in Wartime
The Council on Books in Wartime was a collation of librarians, publishers and booksellers who shipped free, easy to carry paperbacks to U.S. forces stationed overseas. -
1956-1981: Bookmobiles and the Library Services Act
The story of the bookmobile is a journey not a stopping point. Book wagons had long been in circulation before this point but the Library Services Act endowed local library extension programs with funded which lead to an increase in bookmobile production and programming. -
Books on the Water
For areas that are more water logged than land locked. Book ships have become useful tools. -
Luis Soriano
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2000-Today: New Innovations
Bikemobiles, Camels, Elephants, where will you're books come from next?!
