'Library outreach'

In an article entitled, “Relation of the Traveling Library to the Farmer’s Home”, Annie L. Diggs, state librarian wrote, “Of all the good gifts wrought for us and brought to us by this “time-spirit”, none serve us in more soul-satisfying ways than books-blessed books. Whoever has found comfort and counsel in books is straightway possessed of a desire to share the pleasure with others. This beautiful impulse to share has found expression in our own time and country in an enterprise which in the last years has taken on the name of the traveling library.”  Read this informative article by Donna Casment with full articles cited available via the State Library of Kansas' KGI Onlin Library...

Traveling Libraries. Part 3: Challenges and Bookmobiles for Rural Kansas... Bookmobiles and increased library services help the Traveling Libraries Commission support new library services in rural Kansas.  Read the Blog and check out the full article cited at the State Library of Kansas'  KGI Online Library...

Part 2 of a series of articles by Donna Casement on the Kansas Traveling Commission and its work during the early 20th century.  Read about the amazing service provided primarily to rural and small town Kansans for over 60 years. The blog with full references found in the KGI Online Library is provided by the State Library of Kansas...