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The mobile library van outside Aberdeen Central Library
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The mobile library van outside Aberdeen Central Library

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The mobile library van outside Aberdeen Central Library
By 1948 Aberdeen Central Lending Library had issued a total of 388,528 books and the City Librarian reported that it could "barely cope with all the readers which crowd it at its busiest time".

He proposed the introduction of a mobile library service to cater to the growing population in what the Press & Journal newspaper called "new housing colonies" in areas such as Rosehill, Hilton, Middlefield, Stockethill, Kaimhill and Garthdee.

His recommendation was accepted and an order was placed with Aberdeen Motors Ltd. for Aberdeen City Libraries' first mobile library - an Austin 30 H.P vehicle.

Over the years, the mobile library service grew and consisted of four vehicles at its peak.
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