Tag: Bookmobile

Bringing the library to you: Outreach Services Dept.

While Aurora’s colorful Bookmobile is a familiar sight at parks, schools, and community events, there’s another quieter, heartfelt service happening behind the scenes. The Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Outreach Services Department (OSD) is hard at work delivering joy and connection through its Deposit Collection and Home Delivery service. Essentially,

Bookmobile inaugural, retirement, in Aurora offing

It’s the moment the Aurora Public Library District (APLD) has been waiting for since August 2020. Our new, state-of-the-art bookmobile has arrived and is ready to meet the residents of Aurora! All the planning and stress finally has paid off and we welcome this beautiful mobile library to our fleet.

New chapter in new Aurora Bookmobile

Aurora Public Library District’s Board of Trustees joined executive director Michaela Haberkern for the opening ceremony and ribbon-cutting of the new Bookmobile at Santori Library Parker Garden. The ribbon-cutting ceremony signaled the beginning of a new chapter in Aurora’s story to promote literacy and the love of reading. The Bookmobile

Aurora Public Library District Bookmobile opening ceremony Friday, Oct. 6

It was a joyous event Tuesday, Sept. 26 at the Aurora Public Library District (APLD), when community members, State legislators, and Library staff members came together to celebrate a success for literacy. Everyone was giddy with anticipation for the new Bookmobile and the wonderful services it will bring to Aurora.

Traveling libraries began in the late 19th Century

“The happy person is the person who does something.” —Mary Lemist Titcomb In the late 19th Century the American School Library was a traveling frontier library published by Harper & Brothers. The Smithsonian Institute’s National Museum of American History has the only complete original set of that series complete with

Aurora Public Library Bookmobile provides fun programs in Aurora and literacy

It’s been a busy year for the Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Bookmobile! Recently, the APLD Foundation was featured in Good Morning Aurora’s podcast to share exciting Bookmobile events and news. You can listen to the episode on Good Morning Aurora’s social media channels, including its Facebook page:@goodmorningaurora. During the

Bookmobile design Aurora Public Library District focus in September 23 event

The Aurora Public Library District (APLD) Foundation invites everyone to attend the Bookmobile interior design event and press conference at the Santori Library, 101 S River St, Aurora, at 10 a.m. Thursday, Sept. 23. The program will include special recognition of the Dunham Foundation for its generous support of the

Aurora Public Library District Bookmobile provides community services far and wide

Libraries can take many forms: Building, a tent, a digital space (which the pandemic has shown) or, even an automobile, such the Aurora Public Library District’s (APLD) Bookmobile, which began delivering library materials to Aurora communities in 1953. Why does APLD need a Bookmobile when we have three locations? “We

Aurora benefit for new Bookmobile will be December 7

The Aurora Public Library (APL) Bookmobile has been off road for 33 days for emergency repairs so far this year. It has interrupted services, including school visits and community stops! It is why the time is now to raise funds for a new Bookmobile for Aurora! Imagine a new Bookmobile