the work is mysterious and important
The Los Angeles Public Library finds many parallels between the work on Severance and the work in library cataloging. I agree with the commenters who think these folks deserve a waffle party.
Columbus Metropolitan Library shenanigans
The Columbus Metropolitan Library in Ohio has been perpetrating all kinds of good shenanigans lately.
For April Fool’s Day, they made a video about laminating every page of their beach reads: https://www.facebook.com/share/r/15CcBjt63z/
And here’s a video about “Duckling Day” https://www.facebook.com/reel/1387026352437158
Lots more at https://www.facebook.com/columbuslibrary
Lock in and start smarts-maxxing!
Script by Gen Z, delivery by Gregg. Prince William Public Libraries, Virginia.
Thanks, Suzie DeGrasse!
onomatopoetic instructions from the 1990s
Jonathan Caws-Elwitt has been a great friend to Library Shenanigans over the years, and continues his awesomeness with this little shenanigan from ca. 1995.
“Way back when, as a public library inaugurated their first automated circulation system and Hilary Caws-Elwitt was responsible for training her co-workers, she wrote up some beautifully onomatopoetic instructions! Note that “no sound effect” is the exceptional case. Bonus points for any library-IT-history nerds who can identify the specific software merely from the sound effects described. I’m assuming it’s Brodart, but we’re gonna need a version number before any prizes are awarded. (Caveat: I don’t know the answer, though HC-E might. Or perhaps these specific sound effects were important Brodart trademarks that carried over from each version to the next?)”
Bureau of Nooks and Crannies
Andy Crocker’s multi-library “Bureau of Nooks an Crannies” is pretty great.
Thanks, Wendy Lovell and Jonathan Caws-Elwitt!
what to save
The Schultz-Holmes Memorial Library in Blissfield, Michigan made a video showing their priorities if the library is on fire.
Ken exhibition
August 2023: The St. Thomas Public Library in Ontario, Canada has an exhibition of books by people named Ken.
Presumably, Kenneth Grahame, Ken Kesey, Kenneth Koch, Kenneth Patchen, and Kenneth Rexroth are just out of view.
Thanks, Ilana Armzallag!
Bay County Library tiktok shenanigans
The Bay County Library System in Michigan is tearing it up on tiktok with hilarious library shenanigans such as
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The New York Public Library is offering some fantastic deals for Black Friday!
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