Bookmobile
Bookmobile is a mobile library service that brings books and other library materials to communities, often serving rural, remote, or underserved urban areas. Bookmobiles are usually vehicles such as buses, vans, or trailers modified to carry shelves, seating, and circulation equipment. Patrons can browse, check out, renew, and return items, either at stops along a regular schedule or through home delivery for housebound patrons.
The traveling library concept began in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, expanding libraries’ reach before
Typical materials include books, magazines, audiobooks, videos, and digital materials; some bookmobiles provide public computers, Wi-Fi
Funding and organization: bookmobiles are usually operated by public libraries and funded through municipal budgets, state