Mobile Library Services

 

   

About Library on the Go, Senior and Junior
Read Rover and Read Rover Plus

Read Rover Monthly Fliers

Schedule of Stops

Snow Policy


Library on the Go

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, 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.


About Library on the Go, Senior and Junior
 

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   Image of handicap symbol
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.

 

Library on the Go, Senior and Junior both 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.

 

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Read Rover and Read Rover Plus  Image of accessibility symbol

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.

 

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A view of the Read Rover Plus vehicle.
Read Rover Plus vehicle, June 2, 2006.
Photo by BCPL Graphics Production Department


Read Rover Monthly Fliers


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

 April 2010 [PDF]

 May 2010 [PDF]

 June 2010 [PDF]
 July [PDF]
 August 2010 [PDF]

New! September 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]

 

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Schedule of Stops for Library on the Go

Junior


August 2010 - Junior Schedule [PDF]

September 2010 - Junior Schedule [PDF]

 


Senior

 

August 2010 - Senior Schedule [PDF]

September 2010 - Senior Schedule [PDF]

 


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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

    Weinberg House

1:00 - 2:00

    Stevenson Village

 



Snow Policy

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

 

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