Service for Rural Readers
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rOMPREHENSiVE facilities for
borrowers and librarian have been provided in the most recent addition to the fleet of mobile libraries operated by Derbyshire County Council. The neat lines of the body conceal a roomy interior, which houses specially arranged shelves along each side and across the rear.
A sliding door amidships on the near side is the entry for. the public. There are two recessed bus-type steps and glazed draught screens, with hand rails, on each side form a vestibule. Ample natural light is provided by the clerestory roof. which has a fixed Perspex centre span and hinged side lights. Tubular electric lights are fixed along the tops of the shelves. There are two revolving roof ventilators.
The librarian has a special desk unit built in directly behind the driver's seat. This unit includes a eupb.oard,.a. bank of three de,tachable shelves", three. card-index drawers, a waste-paper chute, wardrobe and a built-in wash basin with a three-gallon vacuum-tank hot-water container.
' In the 'desk front, facing the library seehron., is a Clayton, Dewandre heater Which .can be used for heating or for circulating clean cool rdr, • Among other items of equipment are a not:cc board, book lockers and on additional battery. The bodywork has been bLIA by J. H. Jennings and Son, Ltd., Sandbach, and is finished in dove fgey and red.