Posts filed under ‘general’
Relay race
Relay race in Mudd Library, Oberlin College, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p0b0owBZEOg (Thanks, Ed Vermue!)
The Resourcerer’s Apprentice
The Resourcerer’s Apprentice. Mudd Library, Oberlin College, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9k8tYano3bs “Behind the scenes”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XXYjpwb8mBI (Thanks, Ed Vermue!)
Happy Tree Friends
Happy Tree Friends: Books of Fury. Animated, but not for kids. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dom9tmslwcw/ (Thanks, Diane Westerfield!)
Slow day at the library
Tutt Library, Colorado College, January 2009. (Thanks, Steve Lawson!)
Flash mob rave
Undergraduate Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, December 9, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruEMaDZWRcs Another one, College of Charleston, fall 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKSnSrLkU4, and lots more here.
Head Over Heels
Literal video version of “Head Over Heels” by Tears for Fears. Emmanual College Library, Toronto, Canada, original video mid-1980s, literal version 2008. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6342db2270/head-over-heels-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms “I’m looking for a specific book…”
Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library
Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library.
Various libraries, 2008. http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2008/08/23/hi-fi-sci-fi-library-back-story/ Michael Porter (alias “Libraryman”) and David Lee King made this for the Library and Information Technology Association National Forum.
(Thanks, Emily Lloyd!)
Shelving of Doom
Various libraries, including the University of Washington library. http://vitallibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/shelving-of-doom.html Martha Hardy’s blog, The Vital Library, brings together some movable shelving shenanigans. (Thanks, Steve Lawson!)
The StaXXX
Sterling Library, Yale University, ca. 2000. http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/79/ A group known as Porn ‘N’ Chicken claims to have made an adult film called The StaXXX (after a popular trysting spot in the Yale library). It’s possible this was all a hoax, but either way, it’s a good shenanigan. (Thanks, Lynne Thomas!)
Crazy carpet
Northern Illinois University Library, ca. 2000. Students claim that the old library carpet, with its gold, orange, and black stripes, causes seizures. Some students enter the library in an “altered state” and stare at it. More information here. (Thanks, Lynne Thomas!)
Library Shenanigans 