[WEB4LIB] FW: Dromendary Library Serivce

[Margaret F. Dikel]

It's a great article, but I sent it to the editor of American Libraries
with a note that *no one* covered animal-driven bookmobiles in
my library program.

--Margaret

At 01:41 PM 10/19/1999 -0700, Barker, Jodie wrote:
>Thought this might bring a chuckle!

>> Subject:	Dromendary Library Serivce
>> 
>>         Apologies for cross posting.
>>         This is a "must read" for those who have ever worked in a
>> bookmobile, or have one operating at their library.
>>         There was an interesting article last Sunday in the Washington
>> Post on a bookmobile service in Kenya that uses camels instead of trucks.
>> Included in the report were accounts of gunmen holding up the library
>> staff, and stealing books as part of their booty.
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