Bookmobile
Schedule
September 2009 - May 2010
WAL-MART
Fairfield Township
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. every Monday
(except September 7, November 23,
December 21 & 28 and May 31)
ROSSGATE
PLAZA
Hamilton-Cleves Rd.
5:00 - 7:00 p.m. every Thursday
(except November 26, December 24 & 31)
Our
mission at Bookmobile is to make the library more accessible
to people who find it difficult or impossible to travel to a
Lane facility, and to connect schools and their students to
the library.
Lane's
"library on wheels" was inaugurated in 1938 and was
one of only five bookmobiles in Ohio at that time. The first
bookmobile was little more than an enclosed truck bed with wooden
shelving. In the fall of 1939 checkout was recorded as 719 books.
Bookmobile Service has come a long way since then. In April
of 2003, Bookmobile showed 18, 755 pieces of material checked
out by users. Yes, the word was material, it's not just about
books anymore.
The
Bookmobile is a full service library carrying adult, teen and
children's books, regular and large print, audiobooks, music
CDs, videotapes, DVDs and CD-ROMs. The Bookmobile is no longer
an enclosed truck bed with wooden shelving. In the summer of
2001, two new state-of-the-art vehicles were introduced into
service.
The
35-foot Matthews Freightliner is a traditional-style bookmobile,
with 350 feet of shelving. It mostly visits elementary schools,
preschools and community stops.
The smaller 27-foot Farber Freightliner is very different from
the more traditional bookmobile in that it has four book carts
that attach to the truck's walls as shelving. The rear of the
truck has a lift that allows the shelving to be taken off the
truck and into a building. The addition of such a specialized
vehicle makes it possible for the bookmobile staff to implement
services for populations who find it impossible to access the
traditional bookmobile.
