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Crosscurrents

Bookmobiles bring the library to you

Photo courtesy of Alicia Reyes
Alameda County Bookmobile

 

The Alameda County Bookmobile tours the county with books, magazines, CDs, DVDs and most everything else you can find at your local library. 

From Dublin to San Lorenzo, Fremont to Union City, and on to Castro Valley, the long white bus stops once every three weeks for about an hour at schools and in neighborhoods.

 

My local library is about six miles away from my house. But, I see the Bookmobile in my neighborhood every other week. I was curious to find out what goes on inside, so I hopped on board to speak with librarian Gina Rose.

This piece first aired on 06/07/2010. Some of the information in the audio version has changed since then.

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Hana Baba is host of Crosscurrents, KALW's weeknight newsmagazine that broadcasts on KALW Public Radio in the San Francisco Bay Area.