Bibliograph

Library on wheels, Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's first bookmobile, Sharlee Glenn

Type

Label

Library on wheels, Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's first bookmobile, Sharlee Glenn

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 46-48) and index

resource.biographical

individual biography

Illustrations

mapsillustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Library on wheels

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1000583410

Responsibility statement

Sharlee Glenn

Sub title

Mary Lemist Titcomb and America's first bookmobile

Summary

"As librarian at the Washington County Free Library in Maryland, Mary Lemist Titcomb was concerned that the library was not reaching all the people it could. She was determined that everyone should have access to the library--not just adults and those who lived in town. Realizing its limitations and inability to reach the county's 25,000 rural residents, including farmers and their families, Titcomb set about to change the library system forever with the introduction of book-deposit stations throughout the country, a children's room in the library, and her most revolutionary idea of all--a horse-drawn Book Wagon."--Amazon.com

Target audience

juvenile

Classification