Gratia Countryman

Title: Bookmobile Article
Type: Newspaper
Date: May 12, 1922
Source: Minneapolis Journal

Description: One of Ms. Countryman's solutions to the problem of limited library access was to create a "bookmobile" to bring library books to the homes and workplaces of local citizens.
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Activities:

1. What are some of the advantages of being able to transport library materials by using a truck?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Books could be brought to places outside the city, where people might not easily be able to make a trip to the city library.
2. What are some disadvantages of getting your books from a library truck?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: A truck cannot hold as many books as a building, so a truck would have fewer books to choose from. Also, you would have to wait until the library truck wasable to come to you instead of getting books whenever you wanted.
3. How did the library try to solve these problems?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: The truck driver would take books to local bookshelves, where people could check out books when they wanted them. The library would even try to send any book that was asked for.
4. What difference could getting books make in the lives of people who normally didn't get to read as much?
   
   
   
   
   Answer: Books can be both entertaining and educational. In addition to enjoying them, people would have a chance to learn more than they might have without books.