Mobile library – Reading has no limits

The first-generation mobile library was donated by Lin Hwai-min (林懷民), the founder of Cloud Gate Theater. After providing reading services for 19 years, it was finally decommissioned in 2016. Now, the second-generation mobile library is set to hit the road in March, when it will tour the community of Xingang and the local elementary school.

Thanks to mobile library tours, children have the opportunity to borrow books and partake in the joy of reading, even in remote schools. School teachers use class time to guide children on how to borrow books and to improve reading skills. In addition to traveling to remote elementary schools, the mobile library will also interact with elders in different communities - reading picture books and sharing is another way of providing companionship.

Restarting mobile library tours continues the long-standing work to foster a culture of reading within society. The tours help facilitate interactions between different age groups and ethnic groups so that children and elders in rural areas can benefit from reading and sharing.

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行動圖書館　閱讀不設限

第一代維泰號行動圖書館，由雲門舞集創辦人林懷民家族捐贈，經過19年的閱讀時光，在2016年功成身退。現在第二代維泰號行動圖書館在3月啟航，到新港的社區與國小閱讀巡迴。

透過行動書車的巡迴，即使在偏遠的校園，孩子有機會可以借書閱讀。學校老師利用課堂時間引導孩子借書，提升閱讀力。除了在偏遠小學巡迴，行動圖書館也會到不同社區與長輩們互動，藉由閱讀繪本分享，成為另一種陪伴的方式。

行動書車的巡迴計畫重啟，延續著閱讀的理念，串聯起不同年齡層與族群的互動，讓偏鄉學童與長輩都能在閱讀與分享中得到收穫。