Rochester Hills Public Library Bookmobile - (248) 650-7150

The RHPL Bookmobile is on the road bringing the library closer to where you live and work.

The community bookmobile carries over 3,000 items for children, teens and adults. You are able to find popular materials in a variety of formats including books, music CDs, DVDs and books on CD. Whether you're looking for a board book for the youngest member of your family or something in large print for the mature reader, the bookmobile has most everything you can find at the main library.

Michigan's busiest bookmobile hit the road for the first time in February 2005, marking the beginning of a new era in library services at RHPL. Originally made possible by the generosity of the Friends of the Library, this popular mobile service continues to serve library customers of all ages in Rochester, Rochester Hills and Oakland Township, making 26 weekly stops and circulating over 80,000 items annually. The bookmobile is a key component in an expanded effort to increase access to library services and materials for persons throughout the library's 72 square mile service area.

Our Schedule http://www.rhpl.org/images/stories/outreach/pdfs/stops.pdf

The community bookmobile provides library service to people in the community who are unserved or underserved due to physical, economic, social, geographic or other barriers. The primary functions of the Rochester Hills Public Library Bookmobile service are to:

* Provide information to people of all ages and abilities for their recreation, education and lifelong learning

* Conduct bookmobile stops according to the library's Bookmobile Stop Criteria Statement

* Introduce non-users to library collections and services

* Conveniently provide popular materials in a variety of formats that will increase library use and encourage a lifelong desire to read

* Present programs that encourage use of the bookmobile and the main library

* Support minibranches and pre-school outreach

* Support basic literacy and ESL programs

* Increase visibility of the library and the Friends of the Library by generating a positive image throughout the entire community

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