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Billings Public Library to roll out book bike once again
and last updated 2021-05-13 20:37:43-04
BILLINGS â The Billings Public Library is getting ready to roll out its book bike once again.
The bike was first seen in the summer of 2019 but was then sidelined all of 2020 because of the pandemic.
âThe idea was really to get the library out of the walls in a different way. We have our book mobile, our senior outreach library, and then this was a new fun concept to get bring the library out to the community,â says Kelsie Rubich, the information systems director for the Billings Public Library.
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In the booklet â2011 A Year to Celebrateâ written by Kathy Bond, she describes the beginning of the Ulysses Philomathic Library (UPL) from its shaky start in 1811. Abner Treman decided to start a lending library and the first organizational meeting was held in Snellâs Tavern. A Board of Trustees was established and Herman Camp became the first librarian. His store on the corner of Union and Main housed the library which contained 232 books, a large quantity for that time. However, the library closed in 1839 and all of the books were sold.Â
In the early 1900s, two attempts were made to resurrect the library. First, the school library was opened to the public, but the building burned down and with it all of the books. Next, The Home Bureau decided to maintain a small library, but it too burned to the ground. In 1934, community members donated $1 each and formed the Library Association. The Masonic Building leased space for the new library and residents and Cornell Un