{"id":1847,"date":"2019-04-10T14:39:37","date_gmt":"2019-04-10T14:39:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/?p=1847"},"modified":"2019-04-10T14:39:37","modified_gmt":"2019-04-10T14:39:37","slug":"its-national-bookmobile-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubalt.edu\/library\/2019\/04\/10\/its-national-bookmobile-day\/","title":{"rendered":"It’s National Bookmobile Day!"},"content":{"rendered":"

When you think of bookmobiles, you probably wouldn’t consider this mode:<\/p>\n

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Photo by Dashdondog Jambyn\/Mongolian Children\u2019s Culture Foundation\/Go Help, image courtesy University of Chicago Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The Mongolian Children\u2019s Mobile Library exists through the efforts of publisher and translator\u00a0Dashdondog Jambyn<\/a>, who takes children’s books by camel to nomadic herding communities and remote parts of the Gobi desert.<\/p>\n

Mobile libraries around the world come in a variety of forms, including the \u201cbiblioburro<\/a>\u201d in rural Colombia,\u00a0the M.S. Epos library ship<\/a> in Norway, and elephant libraries in Thailand<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Photo: Carlos R\u00e9ndon Zipagauta<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

In the States we are more familiar with the bookmobile on wheels. Historically, the first bookmobile was started in 1905 in Washington County, Maryland, by librarian Mary Lemist Titcomb<\/a>. Her \u201cLibrary Wagon\u201d was horse-drawn and visited farms throughout the county.<\/p>\n

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Mary Titcomb\u2019s \u201cBook Wagon\u201d. Courtesy of the Washington County Free Library.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Bookmobiles today have become hi-tech but their mission has not changed–bringing reading materials to areas not served by a library or to groups of people who are not able to readily visit the library. They often provide computers with Internet access, e-readers, and even video game systems.<\/p>\n

Here in Baltimore, the Ravens football team have a bookmobile\u00a0<\/a>funded by the Ravens Foundation and operated in partnership with the Maryland Book Bank<\/a>. In 2017, the Bookmobile distributed 93,000 books to more than 18,000\u00a0students across Baltimore City.<\/p>\n

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With bookmobiles, libraries are able to increase the scope of their community involvement. Enoch Pratt Library has their Mobile Job Center<\/a>. The Center features computer work stations and books, as well as staff to provide information and assistance for job seekers. It travels around the city to neighborhoods where unemployment is high.<\/p>\n

So on National Bookmobile Day, which is traditionally the Wednesday of National Library Week<\/a>, let’s pay homage to these mobile libraries and to the wonderful people who staff them!<\/p>\n

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