[OPLINLIST] libraries with vans

[Helga Spotts]

Count me in! We've been considering lobby stop service for the past five years. 

If you currently have outreach, homebound or bookmobile service, I encourage you to join ABOS--Association of Bookmobile and Outreach Services. Membership is $39 per year and we have an excellent listserv. 

http://www.abos-outreach.org/

The annual conference is the second week in October in Richmond, Virginia, this year.

Helga Spotts
Bookmobile Manager
Clark County Public Library
Springfield, Ohio


-----Original Message-----
From: Linda Swartzel [mailto:swartzli at oplin.org] 
Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 10:11 AM
To: oplinlist at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINLIST] libraries with vans

We are exploring the possibility of a van or mini bookmobile for our library.  We would like to be able to visit our local senior centers/nursing facilities and preschools.  Ideally the vehicle would hold loaded book carts that we could wheel into buildings for people to select from.

Do any other libraries have something like this?  Where did you purchase it?  What was the cost?  Was it new or used?

Also, and most importantly, how did you finance it?  Did you locate grant money?  Did local businesses contribute?  Friends of the Library?

Any information you can give me would be greatly appreciated.

Linda Swartzel

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Linda Swartzel
Mary L. Cook Public Library
381 Old Stage Road
Waynesville, OH 45068
513-897-4826