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Local historians weekly "Back Issues" article in the Manawatū Standard. The first mobile library service was delivered from a caravan to locations around Palmerston North. It was seen as a more efficient way of delivering library books than maintaining a range of branch libraries. The caravan was replaced by a bus in 1973, carrying half its stock for children and half for adults.
The bus has been upgraded several times. In 2023 the Mobile Library carries 7000 items and visits 33 stops each week.

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Object type
Image
Content type
Born digital
Relation
Manawatū Standard
Date
April 15, 2023
Digitisation ID
2023Pa_IMCA-DigitalArchive_041083
Format
Born Digital

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manawatū standard,
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palmerston north city library,
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