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初看起来,行驶在美国乡村路上的汽车图书馆似乎有点偏离先进的图书馆技术。然而,汽车图书馆比乡村许多图书馆所提供的服务更为方便。估计在美国农村目前大约有1000个汽车图书馆。这种特殊图书馆的读者数在1979至1984年间增长了2%,1985午增长率又提高到11%。到目前为止,大约已拥有16,000个读者,这个数字仅仅是就2,501人到25,000人的“大范围的农村地区”的读者而言的。这个收获是很了不起的。汽车图书馆为什么如此普及呢?这是因为汽车图书馆提供的独特的服务方式,特别是对边远的乡村读者的服务。这一点在实践中得到了广大读者的一致赞同,并且得到了宾夕法尼
At first glance, car libraries traveling on American country roads seem a bit out of step with advanced library technology. However, the car library is more convenient than the services offered by many libraries in the country. It is estimated that there are currently about 1,000 car libraries in the rural United States. The number of readers of this special library increased by 2% between 1979 and 1984, and increased again in 1985 to 11%. To date, there are about 16,000 readers, a mere figure of 2,501 to 25,000 people in a “large rural area”. This harvest is remarkable. Why are car libraries so popular? This is due to the unique service provided by car libraries, especially to remote rural readers. In practice, this has been unanimously approved by the majority of readers, and got Pennsylvania