Open AccessShifting Gears . . . It’s How We Roll: Minnesota’s Award-Winning BookBike
Author(s) -
Heather Acerro
Publication year - 2016
Publication title -
children and libraries
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2374-7641
pISSN - 1542-9806
DOI - 10.5860/cal.14n2.08
Subject(s) - downtown , outreach , square (algebra) , launched , population , library science , cart , art , engineering , political science , history , sociology , archaeology , computer science , demography , mechanical engineering , mathematics , law , geometry , electrical engineering
In April 2015, Rochester (MN) Public Library (RPL) launched its BookBike, a bicycle-powered outreach cart filled with books, library information, and fun giveaways. RPL works with a service population of 141,985 in Olmsted County, through an 85,470-square-foot downtown library and a Bookmobile.