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21st Century Bookmobiles @ Your Library
Your Ideas
Book Buddies program @ Williamsburg Regional Library
Events
Bookmobile Sunday
June 29, 2008
Anaheim, CA
Contacts and Groups
Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services (ABOS)
Tip Sheets
Using activities in a Storytime (pdf)
Book Activities Using Few Supplies (pdf)
FAQs
Resources
New Zealand Mobile Library Conference
Handbook for Mobile Services Staff (.pdf)
National Bookmobile Guidelines, 2004 (doc)
Bookmobile Service Bibliography (pdf)
Bookmobile User Survey Results - 1997
Select Professional Resources for Bookmobile and Outreach Services Programming (pdf)
Committee
Library Outreach Resources for
Underserved Populations
Services to Bookmobile Communities
Highlight
Bookmobiles in Anaheim
Ticketed Event - click here to register
Click Here to Download the Session Program.
On Sunday, June 29th at the 2008 ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, "Bookmobile Sunday" will begin at 10:30am and includes a presentation by Masha Hamilton, author of "The Camel Bookmobile." Following the program, a Parade of Bookmobiles will take place at 2:30. Upon returning to the Anaheim Convention Center, they will be on display and provide an opportunity to step inside and take a first hand tour of these unique and wonderful vehicles. For more information and to register, visit www.ala.org/annual. Click here to download the flyer
Bookmobiles in Washington
A Parade of Bookmobiles, was held on Tuesday, June 26th at ALA’s Annual Conference in Washington, DC. to coincide with ALA’s Congressional lobbying efforts and allowed bookmobile staff to share benefits and resources of mobile libraries with Congressional representatives from individual states.
“MOBILE OUTREACH: ACCESS AT ITS BEST,” a workshop held Sunday, June 24, 10:30 am to 1:30 pm provided a forum for learning about bookmobiles and sharing experiences. Workshop materials should be posted online soon.
Mobile Library Occupational Health & Safety Best Practice Guidelines
Prepared by Country Public Libraries Group of Victoria
OH&S Checklist & Project Outline, Health & Safety in a Mobile Library: Guidelines for Staff, Mobile Library Task Analysis, Risk Assessment for Mobile Library Site Safety, Warming Up for Work in a Mobile Library | GO
Parade of Bookmobiles:
A Celebration of Bookmobile Services
Libraries from across the nation have written in to OLOS to highlight their bookmobile services. Find out what your colleagues are doing with their rigs!
Includes pictures of bookmobiles and a powerpoint presentation celebrating 100 Years of Bookmobiles. Join the parade by writing olos@ala.org.
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21st Century Bookmobiles @ Your Library
Jan Meadows, column editor
May 2007 Column, Bookmobiles Abound:
Report on New Zealand and Washington, DC