Editing Bookmobile (section)

==Countries==
===Africa===
* In Kenya, the Camel Mobile Library Service is funded by the [[National Library Service of Kenya]] and by [[Book Aid International]] and it operates in [[Garissa]] and [[Wajir]], near the border with [[Somalia]]. The service started with three camels in October 1996 and had 12 in 2006, delivering more than 7,000 books<ref>{{cite news|url=http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1657232,00.html|title=Kenya's children of the desert|work=Guardian Unlimited|date=1 December 2005|access-date=1 June 2007|archive-date=12 October 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081012143834/http://observer.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,1657232,00.html|url-status=live}}</ref> —in English, [[Somali language|Somali]], and [[Swahili language|Swahili]].<ref name="pbs" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com/|title=Camel Library Service|website=Kenyan Camel Book Drive|access-date=1 June 2007|archive-date=13 July 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140713072248/http://camelbookdrive.wordpress.com/|url-status=live}}</ref> [[Masha Hamilton]] used this service as a background for her 2007 novel ''The Camel Bookmobile''.<ref name="Hamilton">{{cite book|last1=Hamilton|first1=Masha|title=The Camel Bookmobile: A Novel|date=1 January 2007|publisher=HarperCollins|location=New York|isbn=9780061173486|lccn=2006041316|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/camelbookmobilen00hami}}</ref>
*"Donkey Drawn Electro-Communication Library Carts" were being employed in [[Zimbabwe]] in 2002 as "a centre for electric and electronic communication: radio, telephone, fax, e-mail, Internet".<ref name="IFLA">{{cite web|title=Donkeys help provide Multi-media Library Services|url=https://archive.ifla.org/V/press/pr0225-02.htm|website=IFLAnet (International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions)|access-date=26 March 2018|date=25 February 2002}}</ref>
*In [[Nigeria]], Funmi Ilori, a former schoolteacher, founded iRead Mobile Library after receiving a grant from the federal government of Nigeria in 2013. The “books on wheels” initiative was realized to promote a sustainable reading culture in children that builds positive reading habits over time and leads to improved growth and development.<ref>{{Cite web |title=REVIVING THE READING CULTURE IN AFRICA |url=https://www.worldpulse.org/story/reviving-the-reading-culture-in-africa-24300 |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=World Pulse |language=en}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |date=2025-03-02 |title=Funmi Ilori, Founder of I Read Mobile Library Reveals the secret behind her innovation in the Educational Sector |url=https://womenconnectng.com/funmi-ilori-founder-of-i-read-mobile-library-reveals-the-secret-behind-her-innovation-in-the-educational-sector/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |language=en-US}}</ref> The four iRead Mobile Library buses and their team bring a selection of over 13,000 books and service around 3,000 children with 44 stops per week at schools and community centers and a monthly stop to rural areas outside of Lagos state.<ref name=":2" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Charlotte |title=For the love of books: Mobile libraries around the world |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/4/23/for-the-love-of-books-mobile-libraries-around-the-world |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref>

===Asia===
[[File:2008 truck Idea Store London 3058628730.jpg|thumb|right|Mobile [[Idea Store]], London, 2008]]
[[File:Cape May County Bookmobile CMCH NJ.jpg|thumb|Cape May County Library bookmobile in [[Cape May Court House, New Jersey]]]]
*In [[Bangladesh]] [[Bishwo Shahitto Kendro]] pioneered the concept of mobile library. Mobile library was introduced in Bangladesh in 1999. Then the service was limited to [[Dhaka]], [[Chittagong|Chattogram]], [[Khulna]] and [[Rajshahi]] only. Now the service is available in 58 districts of the country. There are about 330,000 registered users of this library. These mobile libraries together gives the service of 1900 small libraries in 1900 localities of the country.
*In [[Brunei]], mobile libraries are known as {{lang|ms|Perpustakaan Bergerak}}. They are operated by [[Language and Literature Bureau]], the government body which manages public libraries in the country. The service was introduced in 1970.<ref>{{cite news|author=<!-- not stated --> |title=Perpustakaan Bergerak DBP mulakan perkhidmatan |date=5 August 1970 |newspaper=[[Pelita Brunei]] |number=31 |pages=1, 8 |language=ms |url=http://www.pelitabrunei.gov.bn/Arkib%20Dokumen/1970/5%20ogos%201970.pdf |access-date=14 July 2021}}</ref>
*In Indonesia in 2015, Ridwan Sururi and his horse "Luna" started a mobile library called ''Kudapustaka'' (meaning "horse library" in Indonesian). The goal is to improve access to books for villagers in a region that has more than 977,000 illiterate adults. The duo travel between villages in [[central Java]] with books balanced on Luna's back. Sururi also visits schools three times a week.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-32612216|title=The Indonesian horse that acts as a library|work=BBC News|date=6 May 2015}}</ref>
* In [[Thailand]] in 2002, mobile libraries were taking several unique forms.<ref name="Mobile Section">{{cite news|url=http://archive.ifla.org/VII/s38/news/mobile01-02.pdf|work=IFLA Newsletter|title=Mobile Section|number=1|date=Autumn 2002|access-date=13 October 2010|archive-date=30 March 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170330171252/https://archive.ifla.org/VII/s38/news/mobile01-02.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref>
*Elephant Libraries were bringing books as well as information technology equipment and services to 46 remote villages in the hills of [[Northern Thailand]].<ref name="pbs" /> This project was awarded the [[UNESCO]] International Literacy Prize for 2002.
*A Floating Library had two book boats, one of which was outfitted with computers.
*A three-car "Library Train for Homeless Children" (parked in a siding near the railway police compound) was a "joint project with the railway police in an initiative to keep homeless children from crime and exploitation by channeling them to more constructive activities". The train was being replicated in "a slum community in [[Bangkok]]", where it, too, would include a library car, a classroom car, and a computer and music car.
*Book Houses were shipping containers fitted out as libraries with books. The 10 original Book Houses were so popular, another 20 units were already being planned.
*In [[India]], the [[Boat Libraries|Boat Library Services]] were operated under the auspices of the [[Andhra Pradesh Library Association]], [[Vijayawada]], Andhra Pradesh State. [[Paturi Nagabhushanam]] initiated boat libraries to inculcate interest in reading of books and libraries among the rural public in 1935 October, as an extended activity of Andhra Pradesh Library Movement. He had run this service for about seven years to benefit the villagers travelling on boats, which was a major travel and transportation facility available in those days. These libraries facilitated [[Telugu language|Telugu]] literary journals and books.,<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.apla.co.in/the-firsts-of-andhra-pradesh-library-association/|title = The First's of Andhra Pradesh Library Association}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/cities/Vijayawada/he-kept-library-movement-afloat/article5916193.ece|title = He kept library movement afloat|newspaper = The Hindu|date = 15 April 2014|last1 = Varma|first1 = P. Sujatha}}</ref>
*In northern [[Syria]] in 2017, the Mobile Library, run by a team from the Syrian NGO Dari Sustainable Development, created the project to encourage education through reading and provide escapism to children throughout the war-torn region.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |last=Mitchell |first=Charlotte |title=For the love of books: Mobile libraries around the world |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2018/4/23/for-the-love-of-books-mobile-libraries-around-the-world |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}}</ref> The Mobile Library contains around 2,000 books and reaches thousands of children per year with a dedicated seven-person team. Shihadeh, a member of the Dari project team says, “ the Mobile Library also aims to empower society and the vulnerable people by encouraging reading and building confidence in these children.”<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-12-13 |title=Library On Wheels Brings Books To Kids In War-torn Syria |url=https://www.scrippsnews.com/world/middle-east/library-on-wheels-brings-books-to-kids-in-war-torn-syria |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Scripps News |language=en}}</ref>
*In [[Ankara]], Turkey, sanitation workers came together to salvage books thrown in the trash to create a public library.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Magazine |first=Smithsonian |last2=Daley |first2=Jason |title=Turkish Garbage Collectors Curate Their Own Library |url=https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/turkish-garbage-collectors-pick-out-their-own-library-180968015/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Smithsonian Magazine |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HYcyn60mxIA |title=New Years Library: Garbage men build a library from "trash" books |date=2017-12-29 |last=TRT World |access-date=2025-03-05 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The library is located in an abandoned underground factory and contains a collection of over 6,000 books. The library offers a mobile option out of a repurposed garbage truck, which provides books to underprivileged schools and doubles as a book donation collection vehicle.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-05-06 |title=Books Rescued From the Trash Fill Libraries Across the Country |url=https://popupcity.net/insights/books-rescued-from-the-trash-fill-libraries-across-the-country/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Pop-Up City |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-07 |title=Turkish garbage collectors have created a library from discarded books. |url=https://lithub.com/turkish-garbage-collectors-have-created-a-library-from-discarded-books/ |access-date=2025-03-05 |website=Literary  Hub |language=en-US}}</ref>

=== Australia ===

* The First bookmobile in the State of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]] was operated by Heidelberg Library (now [[Yarra Plenty Regional Library]]) in the [[City of Heidelberg]], [[Melbourne]] in 1954.<ref>{{Cite news|date=1 May 1954|title=Bookmobile to Aid Heidelberg Readers|pages=9|work=Age (Melbourne, Vic. : 1854 – 1954)|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article205389173|access-date=3 June 2020}}</ref>

===Europe===
[[File:Mobile Library (geograph 3691202).jpg|thumb|right|[[Lincolnshire County Council|Lincolnshire]] mobile library covering small villages in this English county<ref>{{cite web |title=Mobile Libraries |url=http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/discover-libraries/mobile-libraries/ |publisher=Lincolnshire County Council |access-date=22 November 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131111075443/http://www.lincolnshire.gov.uk/residents/discover-libraries/mobile-libraries |archive-date=11 November 2013}}</ref>]]
[[File:Bookmobile at Turku Book Fair 2014 - Sastamala pix C IMG 2110.jpg|thumb|[[Sastamala]] town's bookmobile at the 2014 book fair in [[Turku]], [[Finland]]]]
*In [[Glasgow]], Scotland, in 2002, MobileMeet—a gathering of about 50 mobile libraries that was held annually by the [[International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions|IFLA]]—there were "mobiles from Sweden, Holland, Ireland, England, and of course Scotland. There were big vans from Edinburgh and small vans from the Highlands. Many of the vans were proudly carrying awards from previous meets."<ref name="Mobile Section"/>
*Since 1953, the Libraries of the Community of [[Madrid]], Spain, have operated a ''{{lang|es|bibliobus}}'' program with books, DVDs, CDs, and other library materials available for checkout.<ref name="Madrid">{{cite web|title=Bibliobuses: La biblioteca móvil – Historia|url=http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?cid=1343065588602&idSeccion=1343066027484&language=es&pagename=PortalLector%2FPage%2FPLEC_contenidoFinalNavegable|website=Bibliotecas de la Comunidad de Madrid|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327144844/http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?cid=1343065588602&idSeccion=1343066027484&language=es&pagename=PortalLector%2FPage%2FPLEC_contenidoFinalNavegable|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=La biblioteca móvil|author=<!--Staff writers; no by-line.-->|date=2015|work=Madrid.org|publisher=Comunidad de Madrid [city government]|url=http://www.madrid.org/cs/Satellite?cid=1343065588602&language=es&pagename=PortalLector%2FPage%2FPLEC_contenidoFinalNavegable|access-date=15 July 2015}}</ref>
*A floating library, aboard the ship ''[[Epos library ship|Epos]]'', was begun in 1959 and serves the many small communities on the coast of [[Western Norway]].
*In [[Estonia]], the bookmobile "Katarina Jee" has been running since 2008, serving patrons in suburbs of Tallinn.
*In Finland, the first mobile library was established in [[Vantaa]] in 1913.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.kirjastot.fi/kirjastoautot/kirjastoautohistoria/ |title=Kirjastoautohistoria |last=Kyöstiö |first=Antero |date=2004 |website=Kirjastot.fi |language=fi |access-date=30 July 2019 |quote=Suomen ensimmäinen liikkuva kirjasto toimi nykyisen Vantaan kaupungin, entisen Helsingin maalaiskunnan, alueella 1913–14.}}</ref> There are currently about 200 bookmobiles in Finland, operating across the country.
*In [[Italy]], Antonio La Cava, a retired teacher of 42 years, drives one of the smallest mobile libraries in the world. The ''Bibliomotocarro'' was created by La Cava from a converted 3-wheeler van and his desire to do more to help children discover books and the power of the written word.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2019-01-28 |title=The tiny library bringing books to remote villages |url=https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20190125-the-tiny-library-bringing-books-to-remote-villages |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en-GB}}</ref><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Simmonds |first=Janet |date=2019-02-06 |title=The smallest library in Italy |url=https://educated-traveller.com/2019/02/06/the-smallest-library-in-italy/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=The Educated Traveller |language=en}}</ref> La Cava has traveled with his mini library of over 700 books into the hills and mountains of remote communities for over 20 years to promote literacy, encourage writing, and bring books into the hands of children that need them most.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Johnson |first=Cat |date=2015-08-03 |title=Adorable Library on Wheels Brings Books to Children in Italy |url=https://www.shareable.net/adorable-library-on-wheels-brings-books-to-children-in-italy/ |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Shareable |language=en-US}}</ref>
*In [[Amsterdam]], Netherlands, a mobile library called BeibBus, was created in 2010 to deliver books and reading engagement to children without access to a library. The Zaan region, just outside the city, consists of many smaller villages with very narrow streets and limited parking space.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-08-12 |title=A library on wheels |url=https://theurbanactivist.com/idea/a-library-on-wheels/ |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=The Urban Activist |language=en}}</ref> The BeibBus was designed by Jord den Hollander to solve this issue with a slimmer design and expansion capabilities. The Biebus is a truck-container travelling to 20 primary schools equipped with over 7,000 books and can accommodate 30-45 children. The unique trailer system offers a more traditional library space containing shelves of books with a transparent ceiling and a second space with a spaceship design to provide an enticing reading room experience.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BiebBus, The Expanding Mobile Library |url=https://www.domusweb.it/en/design/2011/04/11/biebbus-the-expanding-mobile-library.html |access-date=2025-03-10 |website=www.domusweb.it |language=en-gb}}</ref>

===North America===
*[[Street Books]] is a nonprofit book service founded in 2011 in [[Portland, Oregon]], that travels via bicycle-powered cart to lend books to "people living outside".<ref>{{cite news|title= Homeless Outreach in Volumes: Books by Bike for 'Outside' People in Oregon| url=https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/10/us/homeless-outreach-in-volumes-books-by-bike-for-outside-people-in-oregon.html|author=Johnson, Kirk|work=The New York Times|date=9 October 2014}}</ref>
*Books on Bikes<ref name="SPL">{{cite web|title=Books on Bikes|url=http://www.spl.org/using-the-library/library-on-the-go/books-on-bikes|website=The Seattle Public Library|access-date=26 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327212238/http://www.spl.org/using-the-library/library-on-the-go/books-on-bikes|archive-date=27 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref> is a program begun in 2013 by the [[Seattle Public Library]] that uses a customized bicycle trailer pulled by pedal power to bring library services to community events in Seattle.<ref>{{cite news|title=Books on Bikes Helps Seattle Librarians Pedal To The Masses|newspaper=NPR.org|url=https://www.npr.org/2013/08/11/210248982/books-on-bikes-helps-seattle-librarians-pedal-to-the-masses|access-date=4 April 2018|archive-date=28 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180328041318/https://www.npr.org/2013/08/11/210248982/books-on-bikes-helps-seattle-librarians-pedal-to-the-masses|url-status=live}}</ref>
*The Library Cruiser is a "book bike" from the [[Volusia County, Florida|Volusia County]] Libraries that debuted in Florida in September 2015. Library staff ride it to various locations, offering library books for checkout, as well as WiFi service, ebook access help, and information on obtaining a library card.<ref name="DBFOL">{{cite web|title=Volusia County Libraries Have a Book Bike!|url=http://daytonabeachfol.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FOL-Newsletter-part-1.pdf|website=Friends of the Daytona Beach Regional Library Newsletter|access-date=26 March 2018|date=1 March 2016|archive-date=27 March 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180327145001/http://daytonabeachfol.org/wp-content/uploads/2013/01/FOL-Newsletter-part-1.pdf|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
*[[Bookleggers Library]] is nonprofit mobile library program in [[Miami]], Florida founded in 2012 that expands access to free books.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Markowitz |first=Douglas |title=Bookleggers Library Launches Story Time Podcast and Mobile Bookstore |url=https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/bookleggers-library-launches-podcast-and-mobile-bookstore-in-miami-19495959 |access-date=2024-09-15 |website=Miami New Times |language=en}}</ref> The founding director, Nathaniel Sandler, and his library team have a mission to spread books across the city and encourage literacy. One way Bootleggers accomplishes this goal is though what Sandler refers to as “bookmobility.”<ref name=":0" /> In 2024, the library team created a book trailer they can utilize to haul books anywhere in the city.<ref>{{Cite web |title=LIBRARY TRAILER |url=https://www.bookleggerslibrary.com/bookleggers-library-trailer |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Bookleggers Library |language=en}}</ref> In addition, Bootleggers first launched a multimedia Bookbike in 2021 outfitted with a unique shelving system, speakers, and Wi-Fi capabilities to offer even more access to free books.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BOOKBIKE |url=https://www.bookleggerslibrary.com/bookbike-tours |access-date=2025-03-02 |website=Bookleggers Library |language=en}}</ref>
*The [[Queens, New York|Queens]] Mobile Library in New York partners with social services agencies like Homes for the Homeless to offer outreach and support to underserved residents in the boroughs. The bus-sized bookmobile services immigrant families and the homeless by providing 2,000 books, free Wi-Fi, videos, and alternative language resources when needed.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Books on wheels: When the library comes to the homeless shelter |url=https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Education/2019/1031/Books-on-wheels-When-the-library-comes-to-the-homeless-shelter |access-date=2025-03-11 |work=Christian Science Monitor |issn=0882-7729}}</ref> The Queens Mobile Library does tours to bring materials to senior care homes, parks, churches, resource centers, and community events.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Mobile Library {{!}} Queens Public Library |url=https://www.queenslibrary.org/programs-activities/community-outreach/mobile-library |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=www.queenslibrary.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E1Ctd2DgpvI |title=Mobile Library Tour |date=2015-11-09 |last=Queens Public Library |access-date=2025-03-11 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The Queens Library also has a Bookcycle program, launched in 2018, to bring books and library resources to people in less accessible areas.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dawson |first=Athena |date=2024-07-11 |title=Queens Public Library launches ‘Bookcycle Summer Tour,’ bringing books and services on three wheels – QNS |url=https://qns.com/2024/07/queens-public-library-bookcycle-summer-tour/ |access-date=2025-03-11 |website=qns.com |language=en-US}}</ref>

===South America===
* The [[Biblioburro]] is a mobile library by which Colombian teacher Luis Soriano and his two donkeys, Alfa and Beto, bring books to children in rural villages twice a week. [[CNN]] chose Soriano as one of their 2010 Heroes of the Year.<ref name="riot" /><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thegalleryofheroes.com/luis-soriano/|agency=CNN|work=The Gallery of Heroes|title=Luis Soriano|date=November 2014|access-date=1 April 2013|archive-date=1 June 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140601020641/http://www.thegalleryofheroes.com/luis-soriano/|url-status=usurped}}</ref><ref name="pbs">{{cite web |url=http://archive.pov.org/biblioburro/bookmobile/ |title=A History of the Bookmobile |date=July 19, 2011 |website=PBS |access-date=October 21, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190313151431/http://archive.pov.org/biblioburro/bookmobile/ |archive-date=13 March 2019}}</ref>
* In [[Buenos Aires]], Argentina, Raul Lemesoff transformed a 1979 Ford Falcon into a bookmobile to look like a military tank.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |last=Griffis |first=Kelcee |date=2015-03-06 |title=Weapon of Mass Instruction: Artist Unveils Tank-Shaped Bookmobile to Promote Reading |url=https://mymodernmet.com/raul-lemesoff-tank-bookmobile/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=My Modern Met |language=en}}</ref> The book tank is equipped with a swiveling turret, a non-functioning gun, and built-in shelves to hold over 900 books.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |last=A |first=Alex |date=2016-03-09 |title=Weapon of Mass Instruction: Argentinian Artist converted a 1979 Ford Falcon into a bookmobile and went on to "spread the word" {{!}} The Vintage News |url=https://www.thevintagenews.com/2016/03/09/weapon-mass-instruction-argentinian-artist-converted-1979-ford-falcon-bookmobile-went-spread-word/ |access-date=2025-03-06 |website=thevintagenews |language=en}}</ref> Lemesoff created the travelling library in 2015 on World Book Day to spread the printed word with free books all around urban and rural areas of Argentina. Lemesoff’s motto is “Peace through literature.” He labeled the mobile tank his “weapon of mass instruction.”<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":5" />