on bookmobiles and floating libraries:

"in thailand, the navy joined forces with the government's ministry of education to create a library out of a decommissioned ship. stocked with more than two thousand books, video- and audiotapes, and games and toys for children, this floating library patrols the chao phraya river five days a week, bringing books and information to some of bangkok's poorest citizens.

a bookboat also sails the baltic sea to carry library services to the inaccessible islands of an archipelago east of stockholm. the residents of sweden's remotest communities flock to the old passenger steamer to enjoy films, lectures, musical performances, and readings by prominent authors who go along for the ride."

(from "the library book" by maureen sawa.)