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In
September 2017, the Friends set a long-term goal of
saving for a bigger and better bookmobile. The current
bookmobile has served Merced County very well (download
a fact sheet about its first 5 years),
but it has no interior space for computer use, story
time, and other important library functions. The Friends’
long-term goal was to save for a bookmobile that could
be a full-service branch library for the remote areas
and for the young children and seniors who depend
on it.
In May 2019,
the current bookmobile developed a severe problem.
The generator that runs the wifi, air conditioning,
and lights broke. It is fine on cool days, but it
overheats and stops working in the sweltering heat
that Merced County experiences all the time. The generator
cannot be repaired nor replaced. At present, the solution
is to cut the bookmobile’s summer hours in half
and hope for cool days the rest of the time. The real
solution is to get a new bookmobile!
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