Editing Bookmobile (section)

===21st century===
[[File:Bibliobús Puigdon es posa en marxa.webm|thumb|2016 video of a "bibliobús" serving small towns in Catalonia]]
Bookmobiles are still in use in the 21st century, operated by libraries, schools, activists, and other organizations. Although some{{who|date=April 2020}} feel that the bookmobile is an outmoded service, citing reasons like high costs, advanced technology, impracticality, and ineffectiveness, others cite the ability of the bookmobile to be more cost-efficient than building more branch libraries would be and its high use among its patrons as support for its continuation.<ref>{{cite news|author=Bashaw, D.|date=2010|title=On the road again: A look at bookmobiles, then and now|work=Children & Libraries|volume=8|issue=1|pages=32–35|url=http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/childrenlib/index_vol8.pdf|access-date=12 November 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141109174109/http://www.ala.org/alsc/sites/ala.org.alsc/files/content/compubs/childrenlib/index_vol8.pdf|archive-date=9 November 2014|url-status=dead}}</ref> To meet the growing demand for "greener" bookmobiles that deliver outreach services to their patrons, some bookmobile manufacturers have introduced significant advances to reduce their [[carbon footprint]], such as solar/battery solutions in lieu of traditional generators, and all-electric and hybrid-electric chassis.{{citation needed|date=November 2014}} Bookmobiles have also taken on an updated form in the form of ''m libraries'',<ref>{{citation|title=Se connecter – ProQuest|language=fr|id={{ProQuest|875711389}}}}</ref> also known as ''mobile libraries''<ref>{{cite journal|last=Want|first=Penny|date=1990|title=The history and development of mobile libraries|journal=Library Management|volume=11|issue=2|pages=5–14|doi=10.1108/EUM0000000000825|id={{ProQuest|57089094}}}}</ref> in which patrons are delivered content electronically.<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Brena Smith|last2=Michelle Jacobs|date=18 May 2010|title=Libraries and patrons on the move: from bookmobiles to "m" libraries|journal=Reference Services Review|volume=38|issue=2|doi=10.1108/rsr.2010.24038baa.002|issn=0090-7324}}</ref>

The [[Internet Archive]] runs its own bookmobile to print out-of-copyright books on demand.<ref name="SchnappBattles2014">{{cite book |author1=Jeffrey Schnapp |author1-link=Jeffrey Schnapp |title=The Library Beyond the Book |title-link=Library Beyond the Book |author2=Matthew Battles |publisher=Harvard University Press |year=2014 |isbn=978-0-674-72503-4 |pages=103-104}}</ref> The project has spun off similar efforts elsewhere in the developing world.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://archive.org/texts/bookmobile.php|website=The Internet Archive|title=Bookmobile}}</ref>

[[The Free Black Women's Library]] is a mobile library in Brooklyn. Founded by Ola Ronke Akinmowo in 2015, this bookmobile features books written by black women. Titles are available in exchange for other titles written by black female authors.<ref name="Atwell">{{cite news |last1=Atwell |first1=Ashleigh |title=Bed-Stuy Pop-Up Library Focuses On Black Women Writers |url=https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-pop-library-focuses-black-women-writers |access-date=3 October 2018 |work=Bed-Stuy, NY Patch |date=28 February 2018 |archive-date=3 October 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181003101110/https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/bed-stuy-pop-library-focuses-black-women-writers |url-status=live}}</ref>