ABOS Conference in Everett, Washington

An enthusiastic group of library staffers are gathered together in Everett, Washington to discuss bookmobile and outreach services. Wednesday's keynote speakers were Bill Barnes & Gene Ambaum of Unshelved fame. Visit their wonderful website at http://www.unshelved.com/

Outreach in the News!

Tulsa City-County Library was featured in a newspaper article. Tulsa library will go wherever readers are, delivering great readers advisory service and bringing the library to families in neighborhoods and grateful patrons who receive their deliveries at home. Read the full article here:

http://www.tulsaworld.com/lifestyle/article.aspx?subjectID=67&articleID=20080824_67_D1_Suzann81022


Ashland Public Library has posted great photos on Flickr of their very successful Touch A Truck program. Take a look!

The photos of Touch-A-Truck 2008 are finally posted...
www.flickr.com/photos/ashland_public_library/

you can also view the newspaper article at
http://www.times-gazette.com/news/article/4223041

Annual Conference Registration Open

Registration is now open for the ABOS Annual Conference. You can find conference sessions, a tentative schedule, and a registration link at
http://www.abos-outreach.org/annual_conference.htm.

New this year: register online and pay by credit card, or generate an invoice to pay by check!

Vavrek Scholarship Available

Check out the ABOS website for information about the new Bernard Vavrek Scholarship, designed to contribute to the education and training of library staff working in the area of bookmobile and outreach services. Deadline for application is September 5, 2008.

http://www.abos-outreach.org/awards.html

More new bookmobiles have arrived or are coming soon!

Jon Worona, Branch Bookmobiles Manager of San Francisco Public Library writes, “In the next fiscal year, we will purchase a new "green" bookmobile with many eco-friendly features.”

“Our new Farber Elf is being built right now.” Joanne White
Monterey Public Library

“We are in the process of finishing specs for a new vehicle.”
Joyce Voss

“We will have a new vehicle this summer.” Kathy Mayo, Outreach Services Manager, Lee County Library System

“We celebrated the Grand Arrival of our new bookmobile April 11 and we've been on the road ever since.”Judy Packer, Manager
Bookmobile Services to Young Children, Wake County Public Libraries

“We took delivery of our Sprinter Book Hauler in February this year, for our new Lobby Stop Service to Assisted Living Facilities, and will be getting our new city Mobile Library in late May. It is a happy Year here in PPLD Mobile Library Land!” Jan Meadows, Mobile Library Services Co-ordinator, Pikes Peak Library District

“We are in the design process of purchasing a new vehicle at this time.” Rich Allen, Bookmobile Supervisor, Jefferson County Public Library

New Bookmobiles and other great outreach news!

We’re getting a 35’ vehicle from Matthews and expect delivery in late June or early July. It’s a rear engine model on a Freightliner chassis – 12.5’ H x 8.5’ W. (It will replace our 40’ bus built in 1991.)

Kathy Mayo, Outreach Services Manager
Lee County Library System


The Atlanta-Fulton Public Library System plans to reinstate Bookmobile and Outreach services.

Christina Kaulbach
Bookmobile Librarian
Atlanta-Fulton Public Library

I've Got Morning All In Me

We asked a Head Start class if they were having a good morning and a little boy answered: "I've got morning all in me!"

One other story is about a boy around ten years old who was really embarrassed. He finally said he wanted to know if we had any books about what to say after you say I love you to a girl. They found him a book and the next time he came, they asked him if it worked. He said happily, "Oh yeah!"

Susan Chandler