Book truck

A book truck, book trolley, or book cart is a small wheeled vehicle, typically with two or three shelves, used in libraries to move books.[1] It was patented in the United States by David Edgar Hunter in 1899.[2]

Empty book truck
Full book trucks

Book trucks are used to move large quantities of books. They work well when the move is in the same library. When the move is longer, the book truck may not be as useful as there may be a need to travel to different levels of a building.[3]

The Library Book Cart Drill Team Championship takes place every year during the annual conference of the American Library Association.

References
  1. "Merriam Webster Definition". Retrieved 19 October 2014.
  2. Oswald, Alison (2017-06-29). "Consider the Humble Book Cart". Lemelson Center for the Study of Invention and Innovation. Retrieved 2023-07-02.
  3. Tucker, Dennis C (1999). Library Relocations and Collection Shifts. Information Today, Inc. p. 86. ISBN 9781573870696. Retrieved 19 October 2014. book truck library.
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