bookmobiles in an urban context : still up to date ?
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Presentation of Lyon Public Library at My French Library stand, IFLA 2014TRANSCRIPT
IFLA / My French library stand
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 [email protected]