Jessy Randall's Blog, page 23

longest book domino chain ever

Record-breaking domino chain at the Seattle Public Library! Time-lapse photography shows the set-up. Over 2000 books go down. I particularly like the picnickers’ tableau! Thanks, BoingBoing.

dancing in the library

Ohhhhhh …. look at these many dance performances incorporating books and/or libraries. At least two of the dances took place in the glass-walled stacks of a rare book library! The final video on the list reminds me of playing you-can’t-touch-the-floor and using books from a multi-volume set as stepping stones. Thanks, Dina Wood.

Stereotank’s Little Free Library

Cool waterproof futuristic mini-library in Nolita in NYC from Stereotank. Part of the Little Free Library project. We’ve seen other examples here at Library Shenanigans, but this one is my new favorite. Thanks, BoingBoing!

a Hulk statue at the library?

The Northlake Public Library in Northlake, Illinois is hoping to raise money to purchase a nine-foot statue of the Hulk to promote its collection of graphic novels and comics. The perks for donating are pretty awesome, including, for just $20: “A librarian…will dress up as a comic character and take a picture of him/herself in random places in Northlake holding up a speech bubble. You send us what you want said in the speech bubble.” I wonder if the Incredible Hulk would get along with the Credible Hulk.

Thanks, Tom Mukite and ALA Think Tank on Facebook!

Pac-Man teaches you about copyright

Pegasus Librarian Iris Jastram at Carlton College provides us with an excellent overview of copyright basics … with Pac-Man. Thanks, Marianne Aldrich!

Here’s My (Call) Number

Erica Carlson Nicol posted this sign to the ALA Think Tank on Facebook. It’s from the Neill Public Library in Pullman, Washington. Thanks, Marianne Aldrich!

Lego librarians, Oranges and Peaches

Lego recently introduced a librarian minifigure holding a copy of Oranges and Peaches, which is a bit of an inside joke for librarians (though really, in the age of Google, are there any truly inside jokes any more?).

Oranges and Peaches (a misunderstood Origin of Species) is an imaginary book made real; full story here. (The tale almost certainly originated in the 1995 movie Party Girl; a reference to it appeared in a scholarly article the following year.)

The description of the Lego librarian leaves something to be desired: it contains references to overdue books and shushing, not most librarians’ idea of the important part of our work. But of course, the librarian minifig has already been repurposed: Kristin Bell has made a Lego Viking librarian (something we all need in our minifig collection). I might also like to see mash-ups with the Warrior Woman or Medusa, but maybe not the Street Harassment Construction Worker.

Thanks, Joan Petit!

Dick Cheney Vice Presidential Library

” ‘Now I must go and search for food and moisture,’ continued Luddom, moments before being devoured by a swarm of ravenous bats.”

Thanks, Amy Augusen!

Small plush squids say “RAWR”

Anybody know where this takes place? Or who made it? Or anything?

Thanks, Carol Dickerson!

Where have the unicorns gone?

The American Library Association celebrated National Library Week this year with a book spine poetry contest. They’ve created a Flickr set of all the entries. Congratulations to the winner, elizabeth-3! Thanks, Emily Lloyd; I wouldn’t have known about this if not for you.