Posts filed under ‘public libraries’
receipt from your local library
A Facebook friend in Australia posted this in July 2012. Turns out it was created two years ago by my poetry-and-libraries friend Emily Lloyd! It’s a small world among library shenaniganners, I guess. Thanks, Kelley Kreilick Smith and Shelf Check!
1000 books hidden around Seattle
This summer (June 2012), the Seattle Public Library’s summer reading program for teens includes a scavenger hunt for a thousand books hidden all over the city. Finders are supposed to re-hide the books. That is cool. Thanks, BoingBoing!
1928 hospital bookmobile
This photo from the beautiful and stylish Bookshelf blog shows the Los Angeles Public Library’s hospital bookmobile in 1928. Thanks, BoingBoing!
Ohio Greene County Public Library’s giant library montage
Includes scenes from Seinfeld, Sesame Street, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, The Golden Girls, No Man of Her Own, The Shawshank Redemption, Philadelphia Story, Philadelphia, Harry and the Hendersons, Party Girl, Ghostbusters, Clean Shaven, Phineas and Ferb, The Music Man, Mr. Bean, Shadow of a Doubt, The Breakfast Club, Only Two Can Play, Harold and Kumar Escape from Guantanamo Bay, Star Trek: The Animated Series, Twisted Nerve, The Man Who Never Was, Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade, JAG, The FBI Story, Wings of Desire, Se7en, Harry Potter, With Honors, All the President’s Men, and Strike Up the Band. Thanks, Dina Wood!
All night scavenger hunt at the NYPL!
This seems to be legitimate even though the blog posting is from April 1. The NYPL is hosting an all night scavenger hunt on May 20, 2011 as part of its Find the Future game. (Watch the trailer!) 500 lucky guests will search for historical objects such as Charles Dickens’s letter opener (pictured), with a handle made from the paw of his pet cat Bob. Thanks, Dina Wood!
Edible books
Several libraries sponsor edible book contests, usually on or around April 1. The image at left shows a Goodnight Moon Pie from the Duke University Libraries Edible Book Festival of 2010. The International Edible Book Festival folks claim that at least 23 countries have held such festivals. The Pikes Peak Library District and the University of Colorado at Colorado Springs had some great entries in their 2010 festival.
Shhh-ins and a book snatcher to save libraries in the UK
February 5, 2011 was Save Our Libraries Day in the United Kingdom. In Milborne Port in Somerset a hooded “book snatcher” stole books from children, and protesters in Sheffield held a shhh-in. There was a flashmob read-aloud in Cambridge, and we hear one supporter of libraries spent the day “joyreading.” This image is a “logo” for the Woburn Sands library — I love how it’s a sort of anti-logo, NOT the usual simple, simplified, simplistic, bombastic, corporate logo. Thanks, Dina Wood!
A hawk in the Library of Congress! An actual live hawk!
A hawk somehow made its way into the Library of Congress this week. It has now been safely captured and will be released back into the wild. Thanks, David Weinstock!
Library clears its shelves in protest of closure threat
Librarians and patrons are working together on a shenanigan for a good cause at the Stony Stratford library in England. More information here. Thanks, Suzie DeGrasse!
Kitten Needs a Job
This video from SaveOhioLibraries.com (with the help of the Capital Area Humane Society) points out how public libraries help people find work. I like when the kitten prints out her resume. If you want more, see the hat outtakes! Thanks, Dina Wood!
Library Shenanigans 