GoLibrary or Library-a-Go-Go (Swedish: Bokomaten) is a book vending machine used by libraries in Sweden and the U.S. state of California.[1][2][3][4] The Contra Costa Library was the body that first brought these novel machines to the United States.[5][6]
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The machines were developed by the Swedish company Distec and are in use on the Bay Area Rapid Transit system at its Pittsburg/Bay Point, El Cerrito del Norte, and Millbrae Stations.[1][2][3][4] The Pittsburg and El Cerrito machines are operated by the Contra Costa Public Library System.[1][2][3] That organization also has a machine at Sandy Cove Shopping Center in Discovery Bay, California a town without a library.[1][2][3][7] The machine in Millbrae is operated by the Peninsula Library System.[1][2][4]
The Yuba County Library which has only one outlet and a bookmobile plans to add a GoLibrary machine as well.[1]
