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Mobile Library Literature

 
Bibliography

Blassingham, L.
Bookmobiles: a bibliography of resources.
Rural Libraries. V17(2). 1997. P51-68.

Tate, Thelma H.
Mobile libraries in the world community 1980-1992 : an annotated bibliography
The Hague, Netherlands : IFLA, 1992

Journal Articles

Alloway, C. A. and Hill, S. N. Bookmobile confabs offer successes; trends, changing services, and new priorities discussed (Great American bookmobile conference in Gettysburg, Pa., October 20, and the eighth national bookmobile conference held October 17-19, in Columbus, Ohio) Library Journal. v118. Dec.1993. p.28

Alsbjer, P. Swedish visions. Service Point. No.61. Sept./Oct. 1994. p.4-9

Alloway, C. A. On the road with online: the online bookmobile. Wilson Library Bulletin, v 66(9) May 1992. p.43-45

Andros, P. J. I was a bookmobile outlaw. Wilson Library Bulletin, v 66(9) May 1992. p.48

Andros, P. J. More than one look at bookmobile service. Wilson Library Bulletin. v68(5). January 1994. p.56-57.

Beedle, J. Euro Mobility. Scottish Libraries. v57. May/June 1996. p.16-17

Bone, V. Mobile library service in New Zealand. Wilson Library Bulletin, Apr. 1993. p.42

Bring your mobile library on-line. Service Point. No.63. Apr. 1995. p.27-30.

Burdick, D. A bookmobile success story. Arkansas Libraries. v52(1). Feb. 1995 p.15-17.

Carpenter, J. & Trohopoulos, I. Extending European information access through mobile library services: some first results. Resources Sharing & Information Networks. v12(2). 1997. p.49-58.

Carpenter, J. & Trohopoulos, IMobile Libraries and new information services in public libraries: issues arising from the MOBILE project. IFLA Journal v24 no.2 Mar 1998 p97-100.

Casey, J.B. Knowing the patron. Public Librarian. V36. May/June 1997. P.152-153.

Davidson, O. A new age for libraries on the move. Incite v.17n.11, Nov.1996 p.30

Drescher, J.A. Outreach and the public need. Rural Libraries. V17(2). 1997. P.43-50.

Drescher, J. A. Providing mobile library services in Memphis, Tennessee; an urban perspective (JOBLIC of Shelby County Public Library & Information Centre). Public Libraries. v34. Sept./Oct. 1995. p.271-272

Drescher, Judith A. Outreach and the Public Need. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no.1 (1998): 36-42.

Drumm, J E and Groom, F M. The cybermobile: a gateway for public access to network-based information. Computers in Libraries 17(1), Jan 97, p.29-33

Eliasson, R. Dreaming of a mobile library for the 1990s. Scandinavian Public Library Quarterly. v26(2). Oct. 1993. p.24-26.

Ericson A. Land that is made for bookmobiles. Bok og Bibliotek. v62. no.1. February 1995.p.6-7

Fische, Catherine S. Get 'Em When They're Young. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 2 (1998): 1-11.

Flyger, R. The role of New Zealand’s mobile libraries. New Zealand Libraries.. v47(7). Sept. 1993. P.126-130.

Frye, Stanley C. Does Chassis Choice Matter?  Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no.2 (1998): 23-25.

Frye, Stanley C. Protecting Your Investment. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 1 (1998): 30-31.

Frye, Stanley C. Those #XO/~/ Generator Sets. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no.2 (1998): 39-40.

Gordan. L. G. Bookmobiles: Finnish success story. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1992, p.29

Haavisto, T. Mobile libraries in Finland: culture brought to your doorstep. Resource Sharing & Information Networks. v9(2). 1994. p.111-117.

Hildebrand, C. & Rich, K. Life outside library walls. PLNA Quarterly. v59(2/3). Winrer/Spring 1995.

Hole, C. C. and Topping, R. The information highway hits the road; an administrative perspective (modern bookmobiles offer automated and cheaper services) Public Libraries. v34. Sept./Oct. 1995. p.272

Hudson, A. Recruitment and training on mobile libraries. Service Point. v56. Jan. 1993. p. 9,11,13.

Kenneally, Adele. Mobile Services: Australian Style. Bookmobiles and Outreach Services 1, no.2 (1998): 26-38.

Kennedy, L. Bookmobile survey. Rural Libraries. no.1 1997. p.41-50

Khanna, S. N. Mobile library service with a special reference to Dehli Public Library. Resource Sharing & Information Networks. v28(9). 1994. p.1405-1408.

Losinski, P. A. Bookmobiles in the twenty-first century; a suburban perspective (Warren-Newport Library District, Gurnee, Illinios) Public Libraries. v34. Sept./Oct. 1995. p.272-274

Maksimova, G. V. & Nebgatikova, E. V. Mobile library services for the nations of the extreme north. Resource Sharing and Information Networks. v8(2). 1993. p.73-79.

Monley, B and Pestell, R. Mobile libraries in the age of technology. Australian Public Libraries and Information Services, V.9n.2 p.78-82

Needham, George. Planning Bookmobile Futures. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 2 (1998): 41-49.

Nelson, Judy and Beverly Solecki. Outreach Services from the Bookmobile. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 2 (1998): 21-22.

Northwood, O. Mobile database. Library Association Record. v96(6). June 1994. p.324-325.

Osborne, L. Driving the bush track to the superhighway: the Maroochy mobile library experience. Electronic Library  v16(5) Oct. 1998. p.301-304

Pestell, R. Mobile libraries: an international perspective. Link-up. Dec. 1994. p.10-11

Pestell, R. Mobile libraries in Australia, an overview. Service Point. v61. Sept/Oct. 1994 p.20-22.

Pestell, R. Project proposal - Round Table on Mobile Libraries resource kit on mobile libraries. Service Point. v62(14). Jam/Feb 1995.

Philip, J. A state library consultant’s perspective. Public Libraries. v34. Sept./Oct. 1995. p.274-276

Philip, J. The state of the art bookmobile. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1992, p.31-34

Pratt, M. L. A bookmobile driver’s story. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1992, p.46-47

Pybus, R. L. Getting what you want, when you want it. Service point (63), Apr 95, p.7, 9-10,12

Rasetti, M.S. You must live in the back of beyond! Biblioteche Oggi (16), 5 June 1998, p.64-66

Rustofram, P. Democracy on wheels: bookmobile service in Tennessee, Part 1. Tennessee Librarian v50(1) Summer 1998. p.22-33

Sager, D. Bookmobile service in the twenty-first century. Public Libraries. v34. Sept./Oct. 1995. p.27

Schneider, K.G. The cybermobile: a groovy set of wheels at Muncie-Centre Township Public Library. American Libraries. v29(8) Summer 1998. p.76

Skamris, I. The mobile library festival in Trondheim: the 3rd Nordic Mobile Library Festival 14-16 August 1998. Bibliiotekspressen. v16 September 1998.p.492-494

Smith, Robert. Bookmobile Services: Back to the Future. Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 2 (1998): 12-20.

Stringer, I. Bring your mobile library on-line. Service Point. v63. Apr. 1995. p.27-31

Tefler, R. Branches or mobiles. Service Point. No.70. Oct.1997. p.4-16.

Topping, R. and Hole, C. How to buy a bookmobile. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1992, p.38- 42

Vavrek, B. Asking the clients: results of a national bookmobile survey. Wilson Library Bulletin, May 1992, p.35-37

Voss, Joyce. Bookmobiles in the Burbs.  Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no.1 (1998): 43-46.

Ward, D. M. The changing role of mobile libraries in Africa. International Information & Library Review. v28(2). June 1996. p.121-133.

Whittaker, M. Clive Oatley, the truck-driving librarian articulates on pot-holes, creepy reads and caring readers. The Australian Magazine. July 19-20, 1997. p.9

Voss, J. Bookmobiles in the burbs. Rural Libraries. no.1. 1997 p.35-39

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International Publications

Pestell, R. H.
Celojoso biblioteku vadlinijas
[Latvian text of Mobile Library Guidelines].  Translated by L. Grinfogele (Latvia). National Library of Latvia, on behalf of International Federation of Library Assocations and Institutions, Riga.

Pestell, R. H.
Lineamientos sobre Bibliotecas Moviles. [Spanish text of Mobile Library Guidelines]. Translated by M. Martinez (Cuba).  International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague.

Pestell, R. H.
Recommendations pour la Construction et L'Equipement de Bibliobus. [French text of Mobile Library Guidelines]. Translated by M. Fayret (France) & R. Sagna (Senegal). International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions, The Hague.

Monographs

The Book stops here : new directions in bookmobile service
edited by Catherine Suyak Alloway
Metuchen, N.J. : Scarecrow Press, 1990

Bookmobiles and outreach services
Clarion University of Pennsylvania

Campbell, Colin
Mobile library route planning
Truro, Cornwall : Branch & Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association, 1982

McMurray, Nigel
Publicising and promoting a mobile library service
Wheathampstead, St. Albans : Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association, 1987

Mobile libraries in England and Wales : a guide to their construction and use
2nd ed.
St. Albans : Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association, 1985

Orton, G. I. J.
An illustrated history of mobile library services in the United Kingdom : with notes on travelling libraries and early public library transport
Sudbury : Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association, c1980

Pateman, John
Mobile library staffing
London : Library Assn.(Branch & Mobile Libs. Gp.), c1991

Pontin, Jane; Cane, Georgie; Martin, Professor Bill and Lukaitis, Stas
Convergence of Services Project: Utilising broad band and narrow band technology for Mobile Libraries.  Report of a study undertaken for Wimmera Regional Library Service.
Melbourne; Department of Infrastructure, 1999

Public Library Association (U.S.). Rural Library Services Committee. Conference (1983 : Los Angeles, Calif.)
Traditional & non-traditional delivery systems for remote areas : proceedings of the Public Library Association, Small and Medium-Sized Libraries Section, Rural Library Services Committee, American Library Association Annual Conference, Los Angeles,1983
Chicago, Ill : Public Library Association, c1984

Pybus, Ron L.
The design and construction of mobile libraries
2nd ed.
London : Branch & Mobile Libraries Group, Library Association,c1990

Pybus, Ronald L.
Library services to small communities : alternative solutions to a common problem
Truro, Cornwall, England : Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association, 1981

Ridout, Keith
Survey of Victorian mobile library services, August 1994
Melbourne : Office of Library Services, Arts Victoria, 1995

The rural bookmobile : going strong after eighty years : conference proceedings edited by Bernard Vavrek and Mary Lou Pratt
Clarion,Pa. : Clarion University of Pennsylvania, 1986

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Serials

Bookmobiles and Outreach Services
Centre for the Study of Rural Librarianship
May and November
vavrek@mail.clarion.edu

Service point
London : Library Association Branch and Mobile Libraries Group
Three issues a year
Official journal of the Branch and Mobile Libraries Group of the Library Association
ed. Ian Stringer Library-admin@Barnsley.ac.uk

Round Table on Mobile Libraries Newsletter
Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Brooklyn, NY 11225-1099 USA
Agnes Wolff, Director of Information Services AWolff@bbg.org

Rural libraries
A forum for rural library service
Center for the Study of Rural Librarianship
Quarterly
Clarion, Pa. : The Center, Clarion State College

Standards and Guidelines

Cheski, Richard M.Guidelines for the 21st Century Bookmobile and Outreach Services 1, no. 1 (1998): 2-27.

Kyostio, A. Mobile charter: some thoughts from abroad. Service Point. 72. September 1998,p.41

Library Board of Queensland
Guidelines and standards for Queensland Public Libraries 97
Brisbane : Library Board of Queensland, 1997

Library Council of Victoria. Working Party on Mobile Libraries and Mobile Library Services
Minimum standards for mobile libraries in Victoria
Melbourne : Library Council of Victoria, 1980

National Bookmobile Conference (Columbus, Ohio (1988)
National bookmobile guidelines : adopted at the fourth National Bookmobile Conference, Columbus, Ohio, June 18, 1988
Columbus, Ohio : The State Library of Ohio, 1988

Pestell, R. H.
Mobile library guidelines
The Hague, Netherlands : IFLA Round Table on Mobile Libraries,1991

Wood, Rob
Mobile libraries in Victoria : what the standards don't tell you
Melbourne : Library Council of Victoria, 1987

Surveys

Kennedy, L. The Pennsylvania bookmobile survey. Rural Libraries. V18(1). 1998. P.23-3

Conference Proceedings

Mobile libraries serving multicultural populations.
IFLA Pre-Conference Seminar of the 60th IFLA General Conference. Trinidad, Cuba. 16th-17th August 1994.
comp. Tate, Thelma H.
Brisbane: State Library of Queensland, 1996.

Mobile Muster, 1988 : proceedings of the two day seminar,
September 1988 / edited by Robert Pestell
Brisbane : Public Library Services, Library Board of Queensland , 1989

Mobile Muster 2: the vital link
Conference Proceedings 1993. Noosa, Queensland
comp. Pestell, Robert. State Library of Queensland.

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