bookmobiles in an urban context : still up to date ?

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Bookmobile in an urbancontext : Still up-to-date?

The exampleof Lyon Public

Library new mobiles

libraries

3 bookmobilesproviding and developing library services

for people with special needs throughoutthe 9 districts of Lyon

* small convenient vehicules instead of huge trucks since the nineties

* each for one purpose :- urban regular service (replacement in 2008)- schools and nurseries (renewal in 2013)

- retirement homes and health centers (coming in 2015)

* but each related to the overall orientation of the Outreach services i.e. increasing social inclusion « in and out »

First vehicule - 1960

The urban bookmobile2008

The J’BUS - 2013

The new « J’bus » (J for jeunesse, French word for « Youth »)

• a one year project from the drafts to the first use• space, light, warm atmosphere and color• dedicated to children but also for everyone• multimedia and digital equipments• less books and documents, wider choices and

human interactions• a living – reading room, expanding outside• regular service for childcare centers and

preschools (about 120 in Lyon) but also usedfor any other cultural events…

J’bus - inside

Bilingual storytelling (French and sign language) – April 2014

The night of the Lyon Public Library – June 2014

The urban mobile library

• 12 stops every two weeks• a lending service, but also a meeting

place, offering cultural and educationalactivities

- echoing Lyon Public Library exhibitions and main events

- Or taking place in a cultural projectengaged by local communities and partners…

Meeting with a playwriter –Cie Mamma Mia

Youth Debate and lecture –Dialogues en humanité 2014

Haïku comics -Spring 2014

Musical project – Cie Zéotrope

The future festive mobile libraryTo replace the aging bookmobile bringing

library services to retirement homes …�more adapted to support events and festivals � userfriendly, modularity plus mobile furniture –� a « pizza truck »

as a model !

sketch – June 2014

Contact Clotilde CharretonHead of the Outreach Departement and Bookmobilesc.charreton@bm-lyon.fr