Tutt Library, Colorado College

04/01/2026

https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/ccspecialcollections/2022/04/01/exciting-new-acquisition/

Tutt Library received an exciting new acquisition today, the “Ark of the Covenant,” an important Christian Judeo-Christian relic worthy of research by Top Men. Who? Top Men. Here’…

01/28/2026

Are you under the age of 30? Do you have a personal book collection? Would you like $1000? https://library.du.edu/about-libraries/programs/kirkpatrick-prize-book-collecting deadline April 5

Kirkpatrick Prize for Book Collecting About the Libraries Explore this Section Programs The Taylor C. Kirkpatrick Prize for Book Collecting recognizes and encourages young book collectors aged 30 and under who reside in Colorado. Established in 2021 by Denver bibliophile and philanthropist Taylor C....

07/21/2025

Aptos, California has a Doggie Stick Library! Thanks, Bill Stoesen!

Aptos, California has a Doggie Stick Library! Thanks, Bill Stoesen!

05/23/2025

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.

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.

04/25/2025

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: And here's a video about "Duckling Day" Lots more at

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:…

04/11/2025

Script by Gen Z, delivery by Gregg. Prince William Public Libraries, Virginia. Thanks, Suzie DeGrasse!

Script by Gen Z, delivery by Gregg. Prince William Public Libraries, Virginia. Thanks, Suzie DeGrasse!

04/04/2025

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....

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 librar…

03/11/2025

https://sites.coloradocollege.edu/ccspecialcollections/2025/03/04/alexander-hamilton-letter-here-at-cc/

Lin-Manuel Miranda as Hamilton with Anthony Ramos as Laurens in the Broadway musical Hamilton Assistant Curator Amy Brooks writes: A mystery is unfolding in Special Collections. We have a letter, s…

02/14/2025

Happy Valentine's Day from George Washington and Abraham Lincoln. Special Collections Ms 385, Folder 1, item A-51.