An empirical study of mobile library connecting the library to community about realization and ideas in Postwar JAPAN

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25870685
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Library and information science/Humanistic social informatics; Education
• Research Institution: Jumonji University
• Principal Investigator: ISHIKAWA Takashi 十文字学園女子大学, 人間生活学部, 准教授 (90634270)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 移動図書館 / 自動車文庫 / 図書館史 / 社会教育 / 文化運動

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Mobile library is one of the means for realizing ideas of the library, that is, not just for carrying books, but transporting the library materials through some ways and expanding the services by librarians. In post-war Japan, bookmobiles that were connected to libraries disseminated the culture of lending books and showing films in communities. The activities and services of mobile library leads to empowerment of the community and its libraries with public involvement.

Free Research Field

図書館学