Mobile Library Services

 


Library on the Go, Senior
Photograph of the Library on the Go, Senior vehicle
Photo: BCPL Graphics Production Department

Mobile Library Services uses four bookmobiles to provide convenient library access for Baltimore County residents.

1716 Merritt Boulevard
Dundalk, Maryland 21222-3295


Telephone:
410-887-7586

Fax:
410-282-3272

E-Mail:
Ask a Librarian by Email

Library on the Go, Sr. and Library on the Go, Jr.
Library on the Go, Senior   Image of handicap symbol
makes community stops for convenient check out and return of library materials, providing an item reservation and delivery service. This, our biggest vehicle at 32 feet in length, carries approximately 3000 volumes and was added in 2000. It has a wheelchair lift and is handicapped accessible.

 



Library on the Go, Junior
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visits senior centers, retirement homes, and special needs schools. This smaller 26 foot vehicle carries about 2,000 volumes and works in conjunction with the larger Library on the Go to deliver library services throughout Baltimore County. Library on the Go, Jr. is handicapped accessible and has a wheelchair lift.


Photographs of the Library on the Go, Jr. vehicle
Library on the Go, Jr.  (photo: R. Schaefer)

Library on the Go, Sr. and Library on the Go, Jr. provide:

  • New and popular novels and non-fiction books
  • Books for children of all ages
  • Books on CD
  • Magazines
  • Access to all of the circulating books of BCPL

Requesting Materials
Select 'Library on the Go' as your pick-up branch or ask a library staff member to request a book for you.

Returns  
are accepted from any branch and material checked out from Mobile Library Services may be returned to any branch.

Fines and Fees
can be paid on the bookmobile by using a personal check or money order. Cash will not be accepted on the bookmobile. Fees and fines may also be paid at any branch of the Baltimore County Public Library.

 


Read Rover
and Read Rover Plus

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Read Rover and Read Rover Plus support BCPL's mission to foster a lifelong love of reading in children. This is accomplished through our monthly visits to licensed day care providers.
Read Rover Vehicle Image
Read Rover, June 2004. Photo by R. Schaefer

Photo of Story Time in Read Rover Van
Story time in Read Rover. Photo by R. Schaefer

Each month we perform a story time and help providers to check out materials. Our story time programs incorporate pre-reading skills which prepare the children for entering school.

Also, our storytellers model successful techniques during the programs to teach day care providers important early literacy skills that they can then share with the children and their parents.
Themed flyers are distributed each month containing booklists, reading tips, a rhyme or fingerplay, and a craft. Picture books, teacher resources, easy non-fiction, concept books, CDs, DVDs, and storytelling materials are all available for checkout to further support this goal.
A view of the Read Rover Plus vehicle.
Read Rover Plus vehicle, June 2, 2006.
Photo by BCPL Graphics Production Department


Read Rover Fliers
Read Rover: Mobile Library Service - monthly editions


 
January 2010 [PDF]
 February 2010 [PDF]
 March 2010 [PDF]

New! April 2010 [PDF]


 January 2009 [PDF]
 February 2009 [PDF]
 
March 2009 [PDF]
 April 2009 [PDF]
 
May 2009 [PDF]
 June 2009 [PDF]
 July 2009 [PDF]
 August 2009 [PDF]
 
September 2009 [PDF]
 October 2009 [PDF]
 November 2009 [PDF]
 
December 2009 [PDF]

January 2008 [none printed]
February 2008 [PDF]
March 2008 [PDF]
April 2008 [PDF]
May 2008 [PDF]
June 2008 [PDF]
July 2008 [PDF]
August 2008 [none printed]
September 2008 [PDF]
October 2008 [PDF]
November 2008 [PDF]
December 2008 [PDF]


Schedules for Library on the Go, Junior and Library on the Go, Senior

Junior

Library on the Go, Junior Schedule - March 2010 [PDF]
The Library On The Go, Junior bookmobile weekday schedule in Adobe Acrobat PDF format
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Senior

Library on the Go, Senior Schedule - March 2010 [PDF]
The Library On The Go, Senior bookmobile weekday schedule in Adobe Acrobat PDF format.


Community Stops

Stop Address
Edgemere Shopping Plaza 7500 block of North Point Rd, Edgemere, 21219
Fleming Community Center (Turner Station) 641 Main Street, Turner Station, 21222
New Town Village Center (Owings Mills) Groffs Mill Drive, Owings Mills, 21117
Manor Shopping Center (Jacksonville) Jarrettsville Pike and Sweet Air Road, Phoenix, 21131
Fontana Village (Rosedale) 1 Orion Court, Rosedale, 21237


Saturday Schedule

 
Library on the Go, Senior Community Stops

  10:00 - 11:00

    Fontana Village

  11:30 - 12:00

    Wineberg House

  1:30 - 2:00

    Wineberg Garden / Terrace

  2:10 - 3:10

    Stevenson Village


Snow Policy:


Community bookmobile service will be suspended when the Snow Emergency Plan is in effect.

 

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