Des Plaines Public Library Ends Bookmobile Service After 42 Years

Des Plaines bids farewell to bookmobile. (Daily Herald, 12/16/2011)

Excerpt: After more than 42 years of service, the Des Plaines Public Library's bookmobile will quietly fade into the pages of history this weekend.

The mobile library is making its final rounds this week to area schools, parks and community centers. The service will be discontinued after Saturday, Dec. 17, without much fanfare leaving a bittersweet feeling in the hearts of many patrons and library staff members alike.

Bookmobile Service @ the Marin County Free Library

Bookmobile driver shares joy of books on route. (San Francisco Chronicle, 11/1/2011)

Excerpt: On a recent morning, Terry Jones visited the three one-room schoolhouses in rural Marin County where she makes weekly stops. Exuberant and optimistic, Jones arrives in a 29-foot bookmobile equipped with 3,500 books, DVDs and CDs.