In the blog post I wrote for Taking Measure, I touch on a subject close to my heart: the accessibility of knowledge and information. My fascination with this concept can be traced back to my childhood, a time when the image of the bookmobile traveling through neighborhoods symbolized the epitome of accessibility.
Bookmobiles are a powerful statement about the lengths to which librarians are willing to go to spread knowledge. It’s this determined spirit of outreach and community service that drives all my career decisions today.
I hope this blog post will introduce others to the history of library science and how libraries have consistently been at the forefront of information accessibility.
Courtesy of the Washington County Free Library/Western Maryland Regional Library