Wisconsin: Madison Public Library’s “Spoke-n-Words” Bicycle-Powered Micro Library Makes Its Debut (Video)
From WKOW-TV:
The Central library unveiled “Spoke-n-Words”; a library on wheels. It’s a bike with a trailer that can carry books into neighborhoods that don’t have libraries nearby.
From the Spoke-n-Words Info Page:
Visitors to Madison Public Library’s Spoke-n-words will have the ability to sign up for a library card, check out books, attend storytimes, and work on participatory art projects throughout the city.
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Gary Price (gprice@gmail.com) is a librarian, writer, consultant, and frequent conference speaker based in the Washington D.C. metro area. He earned his MLIS degree from Wayne State University in Detroit. Price has won several awards including the SLA Innovations in Technology Award and Alumnus of the Year from the Wayne St. University Library and Information Science Program. From 2006-2009 he was Director of Online Information Services at Ask.com. Gary is also the co-founder of infoDJ an innovation research consultancy supporting corporate product and business model teams with just-in-time fact and insight finding.
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