Book lift

Japanese: book lift(英語表記)booklift
Book lift

...In order to provide services to the entire region, this service is provided to people who are far from service centers such as main libraries and branch libraries. In other countries, there are large trailers that can carry more than 10,000 books, and in some countries, ships (book boats) and helicopters (book lifts) are used. This library activity originated from the traveling library, which used to make rounds by horse-drawn carriages to lend books to areas without libraries, but in the 1900s, this was replaced by automobiles. ...

*Some terminology that mentions "book lift" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…地域全体へのサービスを行き渡らせるために,本館,分館などのサービス拠点から遠い人々に対しこのサービスが実施される。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。…

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