Library Shenanigans

Ohio Greene County Public Library’s giant library montage

jessyrandall — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:52:06 +0000

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!

The Joy of Books

jessyrandall — Wed, 18 Jan 2012 23:42:29 +0000

More of a bookstore shenanigan than a library shenanigan. Perpetrated by … the books themselves! Thanks, Amy Brooks and others.

Library Christmas trees made of books and bound journals

jessyrandall — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 17:09:43 +0000

This photo comes from CSU-Pueblo in 2011. Many other libraries have done similar things, including the Aalborg Universitetsbibliotek in 2006 (they used their set of the National Union Catalog of Manuscripts), the University of British Columbia Library, and the Globe University Madison East Library. Thanks, Carol Dickerson!

Ryan Gosling likes the library.

jessyrandall — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 23:25:49 +0000

Hey girl,

the Ryan Gosling “Hey girl” meme has been going for a while, and I thought the feminist version was my favorite, but now libraries have jumped aboard. It’s enough to make a man (or woman) cry with happiness. Thanks, Lynne Thomas!

Librarians act silly for no reason

jessyrandall — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 22:26:57 +0000

When librarians act silly for no reason, those are some of my favorite kinds of library shenanigans. Well, I also like it when the students or patrons act silly for no reason, too. Here we see some librarians in animal masks at Columbia College. How long this lasted, I do not know. Thanks, Kristy Bowen!

Zombie librarian, and even scarier regular librarian!

jessyrandall — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 02:00:17 +0000

Two excellent Halloween costumes by my old friend Joan Petit. We went to high school together and then, lo and behold, we ended up in library school together! Not on purpose! Now she’s a librarian at Portland State University. No, she doesn’t normally wear the sad pumpkin vest. I’m guessing she won any and all costume competitions at her library this year.

Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal comic

jessyrandall — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 02:08:18 +0000

If this actually happened, it would be a pretty good library shenanigan. Thanks, David Weinstock!

Sometimes the little shenanigans are the best shenanigans

jessyrandall — Tue, 18 Oct 2011 21:07:54 +0000

This mini-shenanigan took place in the study area just outside Special Collections, where I work. One student goofing with another, presumably.

Library shenanigans of Occupy Wall Street

jessyrandall — Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:44:37 +0000

During Occupy Wall Street (fall 2011), the picture at left made the rounds in Facebook; also, an impromptu “People’s Library” sprung up in New York City. Thanks, Dina Wood and Josh Getzler!

Men of the Stacks 2012 calendar

jessyrandall — Fri, 30 Sep 2011 21:06:19 +0000

Very little commentary required on this. The price is $19.99 and all the proceeds go to It Gets Better. Thanks, Dina Wood!