http://blogs.metareciclagem.org/itinerancias/2008/03/22/bookmobile/
Why a Bookmobile? Just like the bookmobiles of the past brought wonderful books to people in towns across America, this century’s bookmobile will bring an entire digital library to their grandchildren. The Internet Archive’s mission is to provide universal access to human knowledge, and given the advancement of digital storage and communications this goal is now achievable. Part of accomplishing that goal is to make sure that public domain books are available digitally. Another part is making sure people across the country have access to those works whether by reading on a screen, or more likely, to be printed back out again as a book.So what is the Bookmobile? It is a mobile digital library capable of downloading public domain books from the Internet via satellite and printing them anytime, anywhere, for anyone. It will be traveling across the country from San Francisco to Washington D.C., stopping at schools, libraries and retirement homes; places where people understand the value of a book. After the bookmobile leaves, each library will understand what it would take to make print and bind public domain books for their patrons.
