Posts filed under ‘academic libraries’
Awkward dancing
Coates Library, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 2007. John Haskell teaches us about the sport of awkward dancing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmm4KV37-fA
Study breakdancing
Case Library, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 2007.
Three guys bust a move in the library.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3lgzHGUgoM
Borrowing shenanigan
Rich (now Rich East) High School Library, Park Forest, Illinois, 1961.
The senior class attempted to check out all the books from the library. They got about halfway done before the library staff stopped allowing checkouts.
"Tutt Crunch" relay race
Tutt Library, Colorado College, 1990s. Participants wore flip-flops and carried books instead of batons. Photo from Colorado College Special Collections (PP95-62 #94).
Similarly, Swarthmore College has the “McCabe Mile,” a race through the library. The prize is a roll of Scott toilet paper, Swarthmore benefactor Edward McCabe being a former head of the Scott Paper Company. (Thanks, Christopher Densmore!)
Interval library
Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2006?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns314ZNaJb4
Library dominoes
Funk ACES Library, University of Illinois, 2006.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0
Addendum, April 1, 2014 (thanks, Steve Lawson!) The London Public Library in California put together a similar shenanigan in March of 2014:
The L-Team
Williams College Libraries, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Library-centered spoof of the A-Team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk
A Star Wars Adventure
A Star Wars Adventure. Whittier College Library, March 16, 2006. A light sabre battle in the stacks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WxwzGY42Q
Betty Glover library workout
Betty Glover Library Workout Tape Ad.
Hayden Library, Arizona State University, 1987.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_k8BKX2eQ0Q
Sex in the stacks
Many libraries, many places, time immemorial-ongoing.
Students at many colleges and universities claim that sex in the stacks is common, sometimes even a rite of passage before graduation. It is unknown how much actual sex in libraries takes place, but a review of the literature and an informal poll suggest that sex in the stacks is more of a myth than a reality. http://www.thecrimson.com/article.aspx?ref=505583, http://library.duke.edu/blogs/answerperson/perkins-lobby-edition/
Library Shenanigans 