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"The Aurora Public Library bookmobiles have been making memories for the residents of Aurora for 66 years," said Kathleen Butzen, outreach manager.

However, in 1953, it approved the construction of a Bookmobile. A 24-foot heated trailer towed by a one-ton panel truck, containing 2,500 books, the Bookmobile roamed the city, parking for periods of 2.5 to 4 hours in service station or community centre parking lots.

The district polled its staff and community about possible new uses, and received many creative ideas, including a bookmobile, mobile food pantry, an art center, and a space to reward positive behavior, according to district communications director Tim Adkins.

As with bookmobiles in general, it still holds appeal as a moving, mini-library, but youth are also engaged in the tech programming we offer.

For more information about the Cochrane Library or to obtain a free public library card, visit one of the province's many public libraries or bookmobiles, the University of New Brunswick libraries or RHA libraries.

Forty years ago, Eugene had not one but two bookmobiles bringing all sorts of reading matter to those who didn't want to - or couldn't - get to the city's library.

In 1965, there were nearly 2000 bookmobiles in service.[9] However in 1998 there were just over 900 vehicles.

Other examples include a digital voting system using touchscreens, use of ultraviolet light to disinfect wastewater, a special filter to recycle oil during the operation of city buses, a project to assess willingness to use technology instead of roadways to encourage a clean environment and a "cybermobile" to encourage computer literacy in the spirit of community bookmobiles.

Bookmobiles in Fairfax, Virginia, and Syracuse, New York, were eliminated.

Such vehicles used to be simply known as bookmobiles, but as City Manager Michael V.

The results from these surveys are released in an annual report which documents the structure of the nation's public library system, providing counts of central libraries, branches, and bookmobiles. It includes measures of libraries' collections, staff, revenues, and expenditures.