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mobile library

British  

noun

  1. US and Canadian equivalent: bookmobile.  a vehicle providing lending library facilities

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

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The authority runs 99 community libraries and five mobile library vans.

From BBC Jul. 4, 2025

Montenegro begins his tours in this neighborhood near Bohnett Park, where kids check out books from a mobile library against the backdrop of a mural also by Unzueta promoting sports and fitness.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 11, 2023

The 29-foot-long recreational vehicle has chargeable lithium batteries and a back-up generator to power the climate-controlled mobile library.

From Seattle Times Jun. 16, 2023

In his winsome novella “The Uncommon Reader,” the British writer Alan Bennett conjured an alternative reality in which Elizabeth happens upon a mobile library outside Buckingham Palace, and it changes her forever.

From New York Times Sep. 8, 2022

Charles County provides mobile library service at the community center.

From Washington Post Aug. 23, 2021

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