general | Library Shenanigans

Japanese game show

Library unknown, 2006?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LdgdBOTUSqg
(Thanks, Ahniwa Ferrari!)

February 17, 2010 at 9:22 pm Leave a comment

Orgo Night.
Butler Library, Columbia University, 1960s-ongoing (or maybe 1980s-ongoing).
The Columbia University Marching Band plays at 11:59 p.m. the night before the Organic Chemistry final.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Columbia_University_Marching_Band, www.cumb.org

February 17, 2010 at 9:21 pm Leave a comment

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

February 17, 2010 at 9:19 pm Leave a comment

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

February 17, 2010 at 9:18 pm Leave a comment

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.

February 17, 2010 at 9:18 pm Leave a comment

March of the librarians

ALA conference, Seattle, Washington, 2007.
Documentary footage and narration a la the 2005 film March of the Penguins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&NR

February 17, 2010 at 9:16 pm Leave a comment

"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!)

February 17, 2010 at 9:12 pm Leave a comment