Posts filed under ‘public libraries’
weddings in libraries
Weddings in libraries, bookstores, and other bookish places. I suppose it’s not really a shenanigan if the library makes money by hosting weddings — but it might feel like a shenanigan to the brides and grooms and their guests! I wish BuzzFeed had found some photos of same-sex weddings in libraries, though. They do happen.
book drop shenanigans
These signs are genius. Location: Los Angeles Public Library (I’m not sure which branch, does anyone know?). Thanks, Gabriel Biel! No, not THAT Gabriel Biel, THIS Gabriel Biel.
Update, April 2017: lots more funny library signs are collected together here. Thanks, Suzie DeGrasse!
job posting for North Pole Librarian
This posting for a North Pole Librarian is totally legitimate and not a shenanigan at all. It just seems like one. Thanks, Joan Petit!
subtle protest
Sunny Purdin sent me this link and said “I like to be subtle with my protests.” Thanks, Sunny!
Forbes Library staff shenanigans
The staff of the Forbes Library in Northampton, Massachusetts have put together some shenaniganny videos:
Thanks, Jonathan Caws-Elwitt!
snogging dogs sculpture
Janine Ashbless has kindly provided a photograph of this sculpture of “snoggin dogs” at the Leeds Central Library in England. Thanks, Jonathan Caws-Elwitt!
“Check It Out” Taylor Swift parody
The Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library is responsible for this video. Thanks, Dina Wood!
Yoda in a medieval manuscript!
British Library curator Julian Harrison found an illustration of a creature who is clearly Yoda in a medieval French manuscript. According to the Onion’s A.V. Club, Harrison “says it’s obviously not Yoda, just a thing that looks like Yoda, but we think he’s just covering up for the fact that Yoda’s existence in medieval France throws everything we know about history into disarray.” Thanks, Steve Lawson!
Montana libraries get looms!
Three libraries in the ImagineIF library system in Montana are now offering patrons the opportunity to try weaving on a loom. As Helen Carter Bergner put it on Facebook, “libraries are getting 3D printers … why not looms?” I agree! If we’re going to offer maker spaces and technologies, let’s offer all kinds!
Library Shenanigans 