traveling library

Japanese: traveling library(英語表記)travelinglibrary
traveling library

...In foreign countries, there are large trailers that can carry more than 10,000 books, and some countries use ships (book boats) and helicopters (book lifts). This library activity originated from the traveling library, which used horse-drawn carriages to lend books to areas without libraries, but in the 1900s, this was replaced by automobiles. It is said that automobile-based services were first used in the United States at the Washington County Library in Maryland in 1907, and in the UK in Manchester in 1931.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "traveling library" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…外国では1万冊以上も積載する大型トレーラーもあり,また船(ブックボートbook boat)やヘリコプター(ブックリフトbook lift)などを使う国もある。 この図書館活動は巡回文庫traveling libraryが原型で,図書館のない地方へ馬車などにより巡回貸出しを行っていたが,1900年代に入って自動車にかわった。自動車によるものは,アメリカで07年メリーランド州ワシントン郡図書館において,イギリスでは31年マンチェスターが創始といわれている。…

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