I do drive the bookmobile and I am a librarian. Our vehicle is large but not so large that you need a special license. And it really isn't that bad to drive. Many people say they would like my job, but then they get the look of fear in their eyes, and shudder and say "Oh, but the driving would scare me to death." I repeat, it's really not that bad. I haven't had a drivers license for long and I had never driven anything this large before and it's fine.

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I am a bookmobile librarian. Our bookmobile makes up just one part of our county library system, which is made up of several city libraries. We have our own collection of materials which we try to select for our patrons, as well as get help selecting from other librarians in our system. Patrons are also allowed to request materials that if we don't have in our collection we may request from another library. We carry all types of materials from DVD's, Videos, CDs, Large type books, regular type, adult, children's, teen, CDrom, PS2 games, and foreign language materials: Spanish, Russian, Chinese.

I am starting this blog because I felt like I couldn't find any information on bookmobiles. Or at least the information I wanted to read about: the day-to-day, the quirks, the interesting parts, etc. So here it is. I hope to add all sorts of interesting stuff with pictures.