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BOOKMOBILE SERVICES

The bookmobile provides library service to those in our region who, because of disability, lack of transportation, work schedule, or other issues, find it difficult to travel regularly to their local library. We work to supply people of all ages with reading materials for their enjoyment and education, to promote use of the public library system, and to help parents get their children interested in reading at an early age. As the bookmobile travels through the region, it helps draw attention to the library system and the importance of reading in our community.

The bookmobile offers monthly service on request to neighborhoods throughout the region, provided they are at least two miles from a local library. We also schedule stops for homebound individuals, homeschool families, daycare centers, preschools and Head Start programs, public and private schools, apartment complexes, correctional facilities, senior centers, nursing homes and assisted living facilities. For institutions, we maintain both rotating and permanent deposit collections and are available for special events such as summer camps and community festivals. All of our stops are public stops, provided we’re not at lunch, so if you see the bookmobile parked somewhere, feel free to stop in.

The bookmobile carries a well-rounded collection of current adult fiction and nonfiction, books in large type for the visually impaired, titles of regional interest, and a swap collection of paperback novels. For children, we have a fine collection of easy readers, nonfiction titles on a wide range of topics and novels for juveniles and young adults. We also have a small collection of DVDs, classical CDs and books on compact disc. Using our mobile online computer, staff can issue library cards to new users, request titles from any PINES library and answer reference questions.

We run twenty different routes every month: eight in Glynn County, three in Wayne and Camden counties, two in McIntosh and Brantley counties and one each in Long and Charlton counties. Each route falls on the same day of the week each month (i.e. 2nd Tuesday, 4th Thursday). While it’s not possible to cover every rural area in the region, chances are good that we pass close to your neighborhood sometime during the month.

Since we run each route once a month, books are checked out for 4-5 weeks. Renewals can be made online or over the telephone if you miss the bookmobile, and since we are part of the statewide PINES network, books can be returned to any participating PINES library in the state. Overdue fines are waived if the materials are checked out on the bookmobile, a feature much appreciated by readers on a tight budget.

The easiest way to obtain service is to call the Brunswick-Glynn County Library at 912-267-1212 or the bookmobile’s cell phone at 912-270-3815, or email the bookmobile librarian, Jamie Wendt at jwendt@trrl.org. If you’re visiting one of the public libraries in our region, you can leave a message with the staff there, or you can call one of the following numbers: