The public had a chance to tour the new Lackawanna County Library System bookmobile Thursday at the North Pocono Public Library.
Visitors had a chance to explore the vehicle’s features, browse the collection and learn about its services. The new 32-foot-long hybrid bookmobile arrived earlier this month. It includes a large television and wheelchair lift on the outside, and removable bookshelves and tables inside, as well as a service window. It will be filled with books of different genres for all ages, DVDs, a small “library of things” — a collection of assorted items — and puzzles.
The bookmobile will visit other libraries on the following days and times: Nancy Kay Holmes Library, Friday, 11 a.m. to noon; Abington Community Library, July 24, 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.; Valley Community Library, July 25, 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.; Lackawanna County Children’s Library, July 30, 10:30 to 11:30 a.m.; Albright Memorial Library, July 30, 12:30 to 2:30 p.m.; and Taylor Community Library, July 31, 10 to 11 a.m.
Bookmobile driver Brian Chapman demonstrates a removable book shelf making it easier to load books into the Lackawanna County Library System Bookmobile parked outside of North Pocono Library in Moscow Thursday, July 17, 2025. Also discussing the improvements of the Bookmobile is Scranton Public Library Public Relations and Outreach Services Manager Christina Thomas (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
Siblings Timothy Gilgallon, 8, Mariana Gilgallon 10, and Makayla Gilgallon, 6, of Jefferson Twp., look at puzzles in the Lackawanna County Library System Bookmobile parked outside of the North Pocono Library in Moscow Thursday, July 17, 2025. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)
A new feature on theLackawanna County Library System Bookmobile is a built in monitor. (SEAN MCKEAG / STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER)