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Author:

Glenn, Sharlee Mullins, author.

Title:

Library on wheels : Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's first bookmobile / Sharlee Glenn.

Publisher:

Abrams Books for Young Readers,

Copyright Date:

2018

Description:

52 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Subject:

Titcomb, Mary Lemist,--1857-1932.
Librarians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Women librarians--United States--Juvenile literature.--Juvenile literature.
Bookmobiles--United States--History--Juvenile literature.
Mobile communication systems--Library applications--Juvenile literature.
Library outreach programs--Juvenile literature.

Notes:

Mary Lemist Titcomb (1852-1932) was always looking for ways to improve her library. As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library, not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with the introduction of book-deposit stations throughout the country, a children's room in the library, and her most revolutionary idea of all--a horse-drawn Book Wagon. Soon book wagons were appearing in other parts of the country, and by 1922, the book wagon idea had received widespread support. The bookmobile was born!

ISBN:

141972875X
9781419728754

OCLC:

(OCoLC)1000583410

Locations:

BOPG851 -- Ames Public Library (Ames)

FYPI314 -- Dubuque County Library - Asbury Branch (Asbury)

UNUX074 -- University of Northern Iowa - Rod Library (Cedar Falls)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

NYPE343 -- Charles City Public Library (Charles City)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

XXPH787 -- Council Bluffs Public Library (Council Bluffs)

BAPH771 -- Des Moines Public Library (Des Moines)

FCPB384 -- Dike Public Library (Dike)

FXPH314 -- Carnegie-Stout Public Library (Dubuque)

SIPD314 -- James Kennedy Public Library (Dyersville)

TFPI826 -- Scott County Library System (Eldridge)

JCPC145 -- Glidden Public Library (Glidden)

REPC017 -- Greenfield Public Library (Greenfield)

YCPD572 -- Hiawatha Public Library (Hiawatha)

KAPF566 -- Keokuk Public Library (Keokuk)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GVPC501 -- Monroe Public Library (Monroe)

GUPF501 -- Newton Public Library (Newton)

D8PD522 -- North Liberty Community Library (North Liberty)

UJPE911 -- Norwalk Easter Public Library (Norwalk)

AXPF626 -- Oskaloosa Public Library (Oskaloosa)

AAPF906 -- Ottumwa Public Library (Ottumwa)

VQPC384 -- Reinbeck Public Library (Reinbeck)

HQPD845 -- Rock Valley Public Library (Rock Valley)

ESPD725 -- Sibley Public Library (Sibley)

GPPC641 -- Gutekunst Public Library (State Center)

RFPC397 -- Stuart Public Library (Stuart)

GDPF771 -- Urbandale Public Library (Urbandale)

SFPH074 -- Waterloo Public Library (Waterloo)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)

MUPB553 -- Whittemore Public Library (Whittemore)