Mayo county has two mobile libraries and between them they cover up to 1,000 miles per week.
The first Mayo mobile library has been in operation for two years and a second vehicle has been on the road since May 1980. The mobile library carries out a fortnightly run and makes a total of 93 stops bringing 3,000 books of all genres to an otherwise isolated rural community. People from all walks of life; farmers, priests and schoolchildren enjoy the service of the library.
Library assistant Mary Glady loves her job and never gets bored. She enjoys being on the move dealing with different customers on the library travels.
Mayo County Librarian Pat McMahon believes the service is a valuable means of education, and self development for the people. He does not see why a library has to be confined by four walls.
Sharing is the whole point of a library service and this mobile service is a fine example of the library reaching out to the people and sharing.
An RTÉ News report broadcast on 6 January 1981.
