Mobile Library Outside Central Library

Category

Library Item

Item no

36671

Title

Mobile Library outside Central Library

Artist / maker

McGarry, Paul

Date

1991

Size

16.5 x 24.2 cm

Type

Photograph

Edinburgh Libraries went mobile when it introduced the first urban mobile service in Scotland in 1949 serving areas without permanent library buildings. The reach of the library also increased with the introduction of a housebound service in 1964 through cooperation with WRVS volunteers. A library link service was launched in 1992 providing transport to and from the library for users who, due to physical constraints, would be otherwise unable to visit.

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