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May 8, 2008
Jersey City Bookmobile returns
by Lysa Chen
Thursday May 08, 2008, 1:33 PM
The Jersey City Free Public Library's new Bookmobile will begin routes Monday, two years after the previous Bookmobile went out of commission.
The 33-foot, disabled-accessible Bookmobile, which will be unveiled at 5 p.m. tonight before the library's "Casino Night & Silent Auction" event, will alternate between two weekly schedules, which can be found at http://jclibrary.org/libinfo/bookmobile.php.
The Bookmobile will stop at various locations in Jersey City, including community centers, day cares and senior centers.
"There are people who have a hard time getting to a library, so we're bringing the library to them," said Library Foundation Treasurer Mike Ryan.
The air-conditioned mobile library features a television and DVD player, a satellite dish and three computers and can hold 2000 books, Ryan said.
The Bookmobile cost $222,780.84 and was paid through proceeds from Library Foundation fund-raisers since 2005.
"The old Bookmobile looked like an antique bus, kind of embarrassing for a big city," Ryan said. "The new bus is something a city like Jersey City deserves. It's as big as the city is."
Posted by tumulty at May 8, 2008 6:49 PM
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