Gorgeous desk made of recycled books and bound journals at Delft University in the Netherlands. And here are images of a similarly gorgeous project. Thanks, David Weinstock!

The full text of Hal Draper’s “MS Fnd in a Lbry,” a satire on information overload published in 1961, is now available online. Here’s the Wikipedia entry to give you the full back story.  Thanks, Daryll Stevens! Or should that be Drll Stvns?

Kid takes his fart machine to the library. Notice that the librarians are unfailingly professional at all times; they don’t react at all. Some of the patrons react, but politely. It’s a triumph of the human spirit, really.

In the summer of 2010, the staff and students at St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota made this video introduction to the library for first year students. There’s singing! Thanks, Carol Dickerson.