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Education · Program 05
Library routes
A small collection with a timetable. The stop is the address.
Books that travel on routes people already use, instead of waiting for a new building.
No new building
A library that requires a journey nobody was already making will be admired and unused. The route is the method. We borrow a timetable that already works.
Requests, not donations of leftovers
Readers ask for the next book. The collection is built from those asks. Surplus books from elsewhere are welcome only when they match the list.
A paper membership
The list is a notebook. A name, a stop, a title. It can be lost, and it can also be read by the person it is about.
Illustrative
On the ground
Bus lines
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First run
Season
Figures here are illustrative. They show how Aleria will report its work. They are not a published account.
Goals
- 01Put a staffed book box on six stops for a full season.
- 02Let readers request the next title, and have it arrive the following week.
- 03Keep a paper list, so a person without a phone can still be a member.
Timeline
- 2025A trial crate. One crate rode a familiar route for a month. The books came back. The requests were more specific than we expected.
- 2026A librarian for the route. The upcoming fund pays a person to know the list, not only a driver to carry the box.
The fund
Library routes fund27%
$41,000 raised of $150,000 goal Illustrative
The collection does not wait for a new building. Boxes move with a bus timetable, and the fund pays for the books, the crates, and the librarian who knows which stop asked for what.
How to help
Library routes are still being prepared. A gift helps buy the first season of books and the wage of the person who tends the list. Write before you send money; the stops are not all confirmed.
From the work