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Rodney Libraries - Library on Location 2009
Took new van with books on agricultural/pastoral/craft subjects plus new/high-use books, to the Warkworth A&P Show in Jan 2009. No wifi so manual checkout and patron sign-up. Weather was an issue for some locations. Bags were needed for people to carry books borrowed.
Brian Mathews, The Ubiquitous Librarian: Is there a librarian in the vicinity? Geosocial Reference Services
"I have been dabbling with two apps on my phone: Loopt and WhosHere. These programs allow you to create a profile and then see other people who are nearby and have the software installed on their phones too. I created a very librarian-centric profile and put it out there to see what would happen."
2 weeks, 4 responses
Why do I eat in the campus dining facilities?
Friendfeed thread on outreach sparked by dining and/or bussing with users.
Bubisher
A Spanish blog/site about a bookmobile for the Sahara.
Duke Magazine-Brave New World by Jacob Dagger-September/October 2008
"For the past several years, subject librarians have hosted office hours in academic departments. A few years ago, the reference staff tested a series of "Librarian in the House" events in East Campus dorms. (Interest was weak, so the series was abandoned.) This past spring, Acheson, the former library assistant, designed a pilot "roving reference" program, under which librarians roamed Bostock and Perkins armed with an iPhone and a Sony UMPC handheld wireless device, bringing their services directly to students.
Though librarians loved wielding the spiffy devices, they called off the program after finding that the percentage of in-depth questions was lower than at the desk, and that "most questions didn't require a computer," Acheson says. For those questions that did, librarians found it easier to help students on their own laptops, rather than connecting via a handheld device."
Wheelbarrow library service
Wheelbarrow on the beach giving away library books that have been removed from circulation.
TTW Mailbox: Taking the Library to the Beach
Public library in Denmark lending books at the beach (no due date - don't mind if books don't come back).
Acclaimed Colombian Institution Has 4,800 Books and 10 Legs - NYTimes.com
Man, two donkeys, and books - Biblioburro in Colombia.
A version of this article appeared in print on October 20, 2008, on page A5 of the New York edition.
Mobile Rush Rhees - a set on Flickr
Taking popular fiction into branch library - had to approach students to get takers.
Libraries on the Move / Eric Bungay
"Books are like people - they can become good friends, and you get to know them better when they come halfway to meet you."
Whilbr - Bookmobile
Links to history of bookmobile in Maryland, with images.
SFU Library - Ask Us Here!
Locations, hours, history of "Ask us here" service at Simon Fraser University (Vancouver).
"I Wouldn't Have Asked for Help if I had to go to the Library
"Issues in Science and Technology Librarianship" article about office hours held at University of Calgary
TWU Library Information Bulletin: Librarians on the Loose!
blog announcement - at uni library
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