1. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service 100 Years of Bookmobiles! Now that’s something to celebrate! How about right now?

2. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “I do it all. I order the books, keep the shelves straight and full, restock, put away, you name it, plus all the paperwork.”

3. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Adams County Library System  Pennsylvania

4. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Adams Memorial Library  Latrobe, Pennsylvania

5. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Alameda County Library  Fremont, California

6. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Alameda County Library  #2

7. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Alameda County Library  #3

8. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Alaska Libraries Floating Bookmobiles

9. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “I like it. My bookmobile goes out Monday– Thursday; Friday is ‘catch-up’ and maintenance day.”

10. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Albany Public Library  New York

11. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Allegheny County Library Association  Pennsylvania

12. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Anaheim Public Library  California

13. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Anderson Public Library  Indiana

14. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Arapahoe Library District  Centennial, Colorado

15. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Arlington Heights Memorial Library  Illinois

16. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Ashland Public Library  Ohio

17. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Aurora Public Libraries  Illinois

18. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Bay County (MI) Library System  Staff at River of Time  Bookmobile Story time

19. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Bay County (MI) Library System #2  Happy Senior Patrons  Max Comes to Visit

20. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Bell County Public Libraries  Kentucky

21. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Berks County Public Libraries  Reading, Pennsylvania

22. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Bradford County Public Library  Starke, Florida

23. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Burlington County Library System  New Jersey

24. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “I see about 270 people in a five-hour span. Busy? Yes, but everyone is very nice, they know the drill, and it all goes well.”

25. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service California Library Literacy Services

26. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Cambria County Library  Johnstown, Pennsylvania

27. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Centre County Library & Historical Museum  Bellefonte, Pennsylvania

28. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Chautauqua-Cattaraugus Library System  Jamestown, New York

29. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Corvallis-Benton County Public Library  Oregon

30. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Coshocton Public Library  Ohio

31. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “If your library’s mission is to serve ALL the people of your area equally, a bookmobile is the most efficient way to actually do that.”

32. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Crook County Library  Prineville, Oregon

33. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Cullman County Public Library System  Alabama

34. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Dallas Public Library  Texas

35. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Deschutes Public Library  Bend, Oregon

36. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Now THAT’S marketing! “I saw a wonderful slogan on the back of a bookmobile in New Mexico years ago: ‘We Really Move Our Tales For You!’”

37. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Des Plaines Public Library  Illinois

38. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Dubuque County Library  Iowa

39. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Elyria Public Library System  Ohio

40. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Everett Public Library  Washington

41. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Everett Public Library  #2

42. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Everett Public Library  #3

43. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Everett Public Library  #4

44. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Everett Public Library  #5

45. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “A well-run bookmobile will circulate materials at a far lower cost-per-circulation than any fixed library.”

46. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Grayson County Public Library  Kentucky

47. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Greenburgh Public Library  Elmsford, New York

48. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Hamilton Public Library  Ontario, Canada

49. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Hennepin County Library  Minnesota

50. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “If your area is growing, a bookmobile can serve as a temporary ‘branch’ until you can afford to build branches.”

51. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Holmes County District Public Library  Millersburg, Ohio

52. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Indian Trails Public Library District  Wheeling, Illinois

53. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Indianapolis Marion County Public Library  Indiana

54. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Jefferson-Madison Regional Library  Charlottesville, Virginia

55. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “A bookmobile is the most efficient way to test possible locations for future branches.”

56. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Kenyan Camel-Drawn Library  Africa

57. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service King County Library System  Washington

58. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Kokomo-Howard County Public Library  Indiana

59. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Lackawanna County Library System  Scranton, Pennsylvania

60. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “Once 20 years ago I got lucky and was able to get the Friends to fund sending posters about a new bookmobile service via bulk mail to everybody living within two miles of a stop…

61. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service … This worked like gangbusters and resulted in instant first-day use of the bookmobile—a lot better than waiting the usual year it takes for stops to build up by word of mouth.”

62. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Lane Public Library  Butler County, Ohio

63. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Lane Public Library  #2

64. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Laramie County Library System  Cheyenne, Wyoming

65. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Lawrenceburg Public Library District  Indiana

66. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “We need to promote not just the vehicle and what it contains, but the service and customer care that makes libraries really special.”

67. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Library System of Lancaster County  Pennsylvania

68. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Massillon Public Library  Ohio

69. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Meade County Public Library  Brandenburg, Kentucky

70. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Medina County District Library  Ohio

71. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Miami-Dade Public Library System  Florida

72. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “Bookmobile patrons are fierce loyalists and library supporters. That always counts for something.”

73. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  Bloomington, Indiana

74. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #2

75. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #3

76. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “We had ‘birth’ announcements sent out (it was a spring thing) to various and sundry including people at our existing stops, managers at potential stops, Friends of the Library, etc….

77. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service … We had a ‘cartoony’ picture of a stork with our new rig held from its beak on the front of an oversized postcard, then specs on the back,…

78. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service … like… Born: April 11, 2002 Weight: 18,000 lbs; Length: 28'”

79. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #4

80. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #5

81. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #6

82. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “We see migrant children who would otherwise not step into a library.”

83. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #7

84. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “Our bookmobile creates community good will that is shared with the other libraries.”

85. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #8

86. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #9

87. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #10

88. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Monroe County Public Library  #11

89. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “At certain stops, we may only see six people, but four of them are in wheelchairs and the others are sight-impaired. How much is library service to these folks worth?”

90. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service New River Public Library  Florida

91. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Newark Public Library System  Ohio

92. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Norway Floating Library

93. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Palm Beach County Library System  Florida

94. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pawtucket Public Library  Rhode Island

95. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pierce County Library System  Tacoma, Washington

96. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pierce County Library System  #2

97. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  Colorado Springs, Colorado

98. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “We open up contacts and avenues for networking with many other agencies and entities which, in the long run, provide benefits reaped by all of the libraries. What value do you place on that?

99. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #2

100. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #3

101. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #4

102. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “One quick note about marketing is that it’s not just about advertising…

103. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service … Other drivers on the road and pedestrians turn to look at our vehicle—it’s good marketing to smile and wave at other drivers on the road and at pedestrians too.”

104. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #5

105. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #6

106. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Pikes Peak Library District  #7

107. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Rancho Cucamonga Public Library  California

108. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “Mobile service seems to be the up and coming thing to serve this society. Mobile veterinary clinics, mobile health units, grocery delivery, mobile windshield replacement units, mobile dog grooming units... It goes on and on.”

109. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Rancho Cucamonga Public Library  #2

110. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Rochester Hills Public Library  Michigan

111. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Salem Public Library  Oregon

112. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service St. Louis County Library  Missouri

113. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service St. Louis County Library  #2

114. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Sterling Municipal Library  Baytown, Texas

115. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service “We in outreach recognize that the more visible residents in communities appear to be mobile. We also recognize, through census data and experience, …

116. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service …that they have either left at home or passed by (or not) countless people who 1) are not mobile, or 2) have complex reasons for their lack of mobility,…

117. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service … i.e., illness or disability, finance, distance, awareness of accessibility options, to name a few.”

118. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Thailand Book Boat

119. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Tippecanoe County Public Library  Lafayette, Indiana

120. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Toledo-Lucas County Public Library  Ohio

121. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Troy-Miami County Public Library  Ohio

122. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Tulsa City-County Public Library  Oklahoma

123. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Tuolumne County Library  Sonora, California

124. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Virginia Beach Public Library  Virginia

125. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Wadsworth Public Library  Ohio

126. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Wake County Libraries  North Carolina

127. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Washoe County Library System  Nevada

128. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Waukegan Public Library  Illinois

129. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Waukegan Public Library  #2

130. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Weld Library District  Greeley, Colorado

131. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service Zimbabwe Donkey-Pulled Library

132. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service A word of thanks… To the discussion list subscribers of the Association of Bookmobiles and Outreach Services! Thanks for telling it like it is!

133. American Library Association Office for Literacy and Outreach Services Celebration of 100 Years of Bookmobile Service 100 Years of Bookmobiles! Now, on to 100 more….. HAPPY 100 YEARS!