Dominican Republic is a small Latin American country with a population of more than 7 million, and its national mobile library project was started in 1999. It consists of two caravans and three itinerant service teams, and travels to poor areas all over the country, stopping at each place for one week. In a year, about 654.38 million people borrowed books from mobile libraries. Mobile libraries are not only equipped with books and magazines, but also equipped with video recorders and cassette recorders, which are very popular with poor readers. Project organizers hope that the project will eventually cover the whole country, so as to persuade more people to actively participate in reading activities and improve the cultural quality of the whole people.
As a developed country in Western Europe, the library industry in France is very developed, but it is also difficult for people in rural areas, mountainous areas, sparsely populated areas and remote areas to read books. France established the first mobile car library as early as 192 1. 198 1 year, every province in France purchased a mobile library van, and soon 46 kinds of mobile libraries with French characteristics, such as infant mobile library, art mobile library and audio-visual mobile library, were born. All of them took cars as the main body of mobile libraries, which extended the service scope of libraries and benefited the vast rural and remote areas.
Thailand is a densely populated country, and many rivers distributed in the country make it impossible for many people to enjoy reading. In addition, the popularization of cultural education for children in markets, rural areas and street areas is also restricted. Therefore, there are various types of mobile libraries in Thailand: parcel mobile library, motorboat mobile library, basket mobile library, car mobile library, etc., all of which are provided according to the specific regional environment. Besides borrowing books, there are other promotional activities, such as telling stories, playing games, quizzes and performing. Sometimes, activities are held jointly with bookstores, medical teams and other departments. The survey shows that this flexible and diverse mobile library service is well received by local people.
Other countries have also established mobile libraries, and Sweden has more than 100 mobile libraries. On the anniversary of the October Revolution of the former Soviet Union 10, there were 25,579 urban mobile libraries and 4,343 rural mobile libraries in China. Most public libraries in Japan have mobile libraries. By 1996, there are 3,000 mobile libraries out of 2,336 public libraries in Japan.