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===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, β the Mobile Library also aims to empower society and the vulnerable people by encouraging reading and building confidence in these children.β<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>
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