{"id":2126,"date":"2015-04-15T17:49:12","date_gmt":"2015-04-15T17:49:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/archives.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/?p=2126"},"modified":"2015-04-15T17:49:12","modified_gmt":"2015-04-15T17:49:12","slug":"national-bookmobile-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.library.illinois.edu\/ala\/2015\/04\/15\/national-bookmobile-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Celebrating National Bookmobile Day at the ALA Archives"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Fraser Valley Union Library Bookmobile. Found in record series 18\/1\/57, Box 5, Folder: Bookmobile – Outside Shelving, 1939-1976<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

A relatively new addition to National Library Week, the first National Bookmobile Day<\/a> was celebrated in 2010, to recognize over one hundred years of service that bookmobiles and direct-delivery outreach services have contributed to bringing information, technology, and resources to all readers.[1]<\/a><\/p>\n

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Please enjoy our earlier blog posts on bookmobiles and mobile libraries by Angela Jordan: “Have Books, Will Travel<\/a>,” and Cara Bertram: “Books on Wheels<\/a>.”<\/p>\n

The ALA Archives is continually adding new digitized materials to our website.\u00a0 You can find our digitized images of bookmobiles in the Sjored Koopman Library Postcard Collection<\/a> and within our Archon database<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Other record series of interest:<\/p>\n

RS 29\/7\/4: Bookmobile<\/span> Publications, 1909, 1919-1929, 1963-1983<\/a>, including browsable scans<\/a> of a few of the publications.<\/p>\n

\u200bRS 29\/4\/18: Services from Your Public Library Scrapbooks, ca. 1948-1951<\/a><\/p>\n

Search our database for additional record series<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Bibliography<\/em><\/p>\n

[1] “National Bookmobile Day 2013 – Bookmobiles at a Glance.” American Library Association. <http:\/\/www.ala.org\/offices\/sites\/ala.org.offices\/files\/content\/olos\/bookmobiles\/NBD2013_bookmobilesataglance.pdf<\/a>>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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