Ed Robson Pop-Up Library

About the Program

Category: Libraries (Best in Category)

Year: 2023

The Ed Robson Pop-Up Library is a service that Maricopa County Library District (MCLD) is offering as part of its continued community outreach in Sun Lakes, Arizona. Every three weeks, the library staff visit the Robson Reserve Assisted Living Facility with a selection of popular Large Print and Audiobook titles from its collection. The team also issues new library cards for interested residents. Many of the community members who live in this assisted living facility would not be able to visit the library in person due to lack of consistent transportation. In addition, the outgoing mailboxes available for residents are not large enough to accommodate MCLD’s Books-By-Mail packages, making that service inaccessible to them. Through this service, the Ed Robson Library aims to provide access to library materials to community members who otherwise wouldn’t be able to visit the library in person. The service also promotes library services to a demographic who could benefit greatly from MCLD’s services and resources, but may not be fully aware of all the library has to offer.