Other Mobile Libraries
Bookmobiles are used in many countries, but a mobile library can be run without a vehicle. Examples include:
- A Camel Library Service in Kenya. This service which is funded by the Kenyan government and as a charity in Garissa and Wajir near the border with Somalia. The service started with three camels in October 1996 and had twelve in 2006 delivering 7000 books, daily in English, Somali and Swahili This service has been used as a background for the novel "The Camel Bookmobile" by Masha Hamilton.
- A donkey-drawn mobile library in Zimbabwe is being used to not only deliver books, but also to deliver access to the internet and multimedia.
- The Biblioburro: another donkey-drawn travelling library in Colombia.
- The library ship Epos serves many small communities in Western Norway.
- Elephant Libraries in Thailand. In Thailand, elephants are used to take books and IT equipment and services to remote villages with no other library service.
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