Library unknown, first aired November 5, 1990 (Season 1, Episode 16). http://www.youtube.comwatch?v=TGjnuV1iIWc

Undergraduate Library, UNC-Chapel Hill, December 9, 2008. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruEMaDZWRcs Another one, College of Charleston, fall 2008: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTKSnSrLkU4, and lots more here.

Literal video version of “Head Over Heels” by Tears for Fears. Emmanual College Library, Toronto, Canada, original video mid-1980s, literal version 2008. http://www.funnyordie.com/videos/6342db2270/head-over-heels-literal-video-version-from-dustfilms “I’m looking for a specific book…”

Hi-Fi Sci-Fi Library.
Various libraries, 2008. http://www.libraryman.com/blog/2008/08/23/hi-fi-sci-fi-library-back-story/ Michael Porter (alias “Libraryman”) and David Lee King made this for the Library and Information Technology Association National Forum.
(Thanks, Emily Lloyd!)

Various libraries, including the University of Washington library. http://vitallibrary.blogspot.com/2008/07/shelving-of-doom.html Martha Hardy’s blog, The Vital Library, brings together some movable shelving shenanigans. (Thanks, Steve Lawson!)

Sterling Library, Yale University, ca. 2000. http://www.yaledailynews.com/articles/view/79/ A group known as Porn ‘N’ Chicken claims to have made an adult film called The StaXXX (after a popular trysting spot in the Yale library). It’s possible this was all a hoax, but either way, it’s a good shenanigan. (Thanks, Lynne Thomas!)

Northern Illinois University Library, ca. 2000. Students claim that the old library carpet, with its gold, orange, and black stripes, causes seizures. Some students enter the library in an “altered state” and stare at it. More information here. (Thanks, Lynne Thomas!)

Denver Public Library, 2007. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5AppCIzJD84 A large cat plays Dance Dance Revolution at the library, and more.

Excerpt from the 1995 film Party Girl starring Parker Posey. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gzbDdgWiaS0 We’ll just put the books anywhere!

Bill Clinton Library. Frank Caliendo, FrankTV. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AScoMhVZQnw