On December 8, the Russian State Library (Pashkov House) hosted a presentation of an unusual vehicle created by order of the Ministry of Culture - a mobile complex of information and library services (KIBO). The Eventum Premo company acted as a press center and organizer of the presentation and press conference.
KIBO is an innovative mobile library, the first example of a new generation of library cars. KIBO was created by the Pushkin Library Foundation as part of the Federal Target Program “Russian Culture 2006-2011”.
KIBO is a specially equipped vehicle designed to provide settlements that do not have their own libraries with literary and other information resources. It is distinguished by maximum technical equipment and new opportunities for readers that were not provided by previous mobile libraries. These include modern computers, the ability to access the Internet from anywhere in the Russian Federation via a mobile satellite Internet platform, digital information media, and a special lifting device for people with disabilities. The library's collection includes more than 1,000 books of various subjects and 200 multimedia publications on various media (CD, DVD). Readers will also be able to use subscription services and order books from central libraries.
It must be said that the idea of mobile libraries was born more than a hundred years ago in the USA, where they recently celebrated the anniversary of the first such library mobile. In different countries, various vehicles are being converted into mobile libraries, and not only that. In Germany, the first library tram began operating in 1920. In Norway, a mobile library was created on the basis of a boat. And in some countries in Africa and Latin America, such as Venezuela and Kenya, where road transport is not the main means of transportation, books are delivered to residents of remote settlements by pack animals.
