Utah State Library Bookmobile Program

Serving rural Utah communities since 1947

New Library Automation System
Serves USL Bookmobile Program

On Monday, November 16 the Utah State Library successfully and on schedule launched it's new library automation system. The system, called "Symphony"automates tedious and time consuming staff functions. The system also provides easy and effective patron access to the library's catalog and other useful information.

The new system automates the Utah State Library, several State agency partner libraries and the USL Bookmobile program.

Utah County, Tooele County and San Juan County are the first three bookmobile libraries to implement the new system. Seven additional bookmobile libraries will "Go live" with "Symphony" in the weeks to come.

Your Library Catalog

The new e-library provides access to your library's catalog plus other useful features built in to the library's cataloging system. Take a look by linking to one of our Bookmobile libraries now on line:

Tooele County Bookmobile

Utah County Bookmobile

San Juan County Bookmobile

The USL Bookmobile Program provides library service to over 30,000 patrons in 15 Utah counties where fixed site libraries are not available. Over 220,000 items are available from the fleet of ten bookmobiles, each equipped with satellite based internet service.

Patrons can use the new system anytime via the internet to access the library's catalog, reserve items to be delivered at bookmobile stops, and request materials via inter-library loan. Patrons may also access information via this web site (www.bookmobiles.utah.gov) and Pioneer, Utah's on-line library.

The following State agency libraries are also included in this this consortium partnership of 20 State libraries: Division of Administrative Rules (Department of Administrative Services),Lester F. Wire Library(Department of Transportation - Project Development- Research Division), State Archives (Department of Administrative Services),State History (Department of Community and Culture) and the State Law Library (State Courts).

Linda Roholt from USL and Darren Lauber
make last minute preparations on "Go Live" Day.

Tooele County Bookmobile lends books and a helping hand to Grantsville Elementary students and staff.

Damage from a July 13 fire is worse than initially believed.

A July 13 fire, which started in the faculty break room, damaged the Grantsville Elementary School worse than officials initially believed. It will be at least a year before the building can be used again, according to Terry Linares, Tooele County School District superintendent. The district was left with inadequate library service to accommodate about 750 students who were relocated to Willow Elementary and Grantsville Jr. High School following the fire. Thirty-one teachers were also displaced by the fire.

The Utah State Library has responded to a request to supplement library service at the Willow Elementary School and the Grantsville Jr. High School via the Tooele County Bookmobile Library.  

John Ingersoll and Barbara Millward, Bookmobile Staff

"We were able to assist without sacrificing our service to other Tooele County Bookmobile Library patrons," said John Ingersoll, the Tooele County Bookmobile Librarian. "We have scheduled three visits every two weeks to Willow to provide the extra bookmobile service and we are providing three hours of library service to Grantsville Jr. High School during the Bookmobile bi-weekly schedule."

Rebuilding will take a year while building a new school would take two years. The district is still waiting for cost estimates and information from its insurance company before making a decision on how to proceed.

In the meantime, the Bookmobile program is delighted to continue a decades long tradition of providing library service to students in Tooele County. The Bookmobile now serves a dozen schools and head start programs throughout Tooele County.

Utah County Bookmobile Welcomes New Librarian

Chad Bartlet has been named the new Bookmobile Librarian in Utah County. Chad came to the Utah County Bookmobile program with three years of successful work in his previous position in San Juan County.

There, he has been instrumental in initiating and implementing the Native American Languages Pilot Project,” says State Librarian Donna Jones Morris.  “The project continues to make a positive, long-lasting impact in the communities served by the bookmobile.”

Among other accomplishments while in San Juan County, Chad introduced the summer reading program and increased interlibrary loan dramatically. Chad increased total checkouts to 30,400 items.  He also introduced the popular DVD collection.

Bookmobiles carry a range of items including picture books, easy readers, non-fiction, mysteries, classics, romance, large print and public computers that give bookmobile users Internet access.

In addition to the Bookmobile, Utah County residents may use the Bookmobile Repository located at the Mapleton City Center.

This collection is sponsored by the Utah State Library Division and Utah County and is located on the main floor at the east end of the City Center. The bookmobile librarian rotates books on and off the truck that serves many communities around Utah County. The collection includes adult and children’s fiction and non-fiction books. There is also a collection of books on audio and CDs as well as DVDs. Internet access is also available.

The catalog of the Bookmobile Library is available at:

Search the Bookmobile
Library Catalog

Repository Library hours:
Monday-Thursday: 10 am to 8 pm
Friday: 10 am to 6 pm
Saturday: 10 am to 2 pm

See the "Bookmobiles & Schedules" section of this web site for the current Utah County Bookmobile schedule.

Bookmobile Schedules have changed.

See the new schedule for your county on the "Bookmobiles & Schedules" section of this web site.

E-audio books from OverDrive are now available from your bookmobile library web site and from Digital Media Collections from Pioneer – Utah's Online Library.

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Did you know Utah Bookmobiles travel 150,000 miles each year?

Serve 303 bookmobile stops in 15 Utah Counties?

Serve 89 schools (public, charter and Head Start)

Serve over 200,000 Utah readers?

Bookmobiles in the State Bookmobile fleet offer internet service.

State Blind Library and
Bookmobile Program
join forces to bring Large Print Books to Sanpete County

Rural library patrons in Sanpete County now have access to large print materials on their bookmobile thanks to a popular new “Deposit Collection Program” offered through the Utah State Blind Library.  The Blind Library and the State Bookmobile Program are both services of the Utah State Library.

Sanpete County has a population of about 23,000 people and 11% of those or about 2,500 are senior citizens, a demographic that often takes advantage of these services.  These services are made possible, in part, with funds from the Library Services and Technology Act.

State Library Technician Judy Hunt selects titles for the new Deposit Collection in Sanpete County Bookmobile Library.

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