| Show LIBRARIES ON WHEELS HEELS it people living lu in a rural commini ty cannot come to the library the 11 arary will go to them this Is the spirit that is impelling state and county library authorities to send into rural communities trucks equipped with shelves containing books belonging to the stacks of 0 public libraries patrons may borrow books from these libraries on wheels and either return them by parcel post or keep them until future visits ot of the trucks according to the american library association the first use of a wagon as a s a means ot of carrying books to people in rural districts was made by the washington county library at eager maryland in 1905 but it was not until the past few years that the was used to considerable ex tent the deleware delaware state stae library commission and the public library department part ment of 0 the state department of education ot of vermont use automobiles with bookshelves as a means of distributing books to people living in rural communities the iowa library association has recently equipped a book truck and started it on a tour of the state tor for the purpose of demonstrating this service birmingham alabama clarksdale Clark sdale mississippi detroit michigan durham north carolina elkhart logansport Logan sport and Ro cheter indiana harrisburg pennsylvania and portland or oregon egon are the cities that are working out the problem ol of county library extension by means of 0 book trucks the success of the plan depends largely upon having a person in charge of the truck who knows books and is interested in childrens and adults reading he must be able to ito select books which will appeal to the readers and be enthusiastic for the work lie he is doing |
