Coates Library, Trinity University, San Antonio, Texas, 2007. John Haskell teaches us about the sport of awkward dancing. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bmm4KV37-fA
Study breakdancing
Case Library, Colgate University, Hamilton, New York, 2007.
Three guys bust a move in the library.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z3lgzHGUgoM
Borrowing shenanigan
March of the librarians
ALA conference, Seattle, Washington, 2007.
Documentary footage and narration a la the 2005 film March of the Penguins. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Td922l0NoDQ&NR
"Tutt Crunch" relay race
Tutt Library, Colorado College, 1990s. Participants wore flip-flops and carried books instead of batons. Photo from Colorado College Special Collections (PP95-62 #94).
Similarly, Swarthmore College has the “McCabe Mile,” a race through the library. The prize is a roll of Scott toilet paper, Swarthmore benefactor Edward McCabe being a former head of the Scott Paper Company. (Thanks, Christopher Densmore!)
Medieval Help Desk: Introducing the Book
Medieval Help Desk, in Norwegian with English subtitles, from a Norwegian TV show written by Knut Nærum, 2001. Not exactly a library shenanigan, but close enough. Along the same lines, a video in Spanish (without subtitles, 2010) and a comic strip called “Progress” from Penny Arcade (2009). Thanks, Daryll Stevens and Jon Driscoll!
Interval library
Golda Meir Library, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, 2006?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ns314ZNaJb4
Library dominoes
Funk ACES Library, University of Illinois, 2006.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cwihz7iZlx0
Addendum, April 1, 2014 (thanks, Steve Lawson!) The London Public Library in California put together a similar shenanigan in March of 2014:
The L-Team
Williams College Libraries, Williamstown, Massachusetts. Library-centered spoof of the A-Team. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwCUtpbUWgk
A Star Wars Adventure
A Star Wars Adventure. Whittier College Library, March 16, 2006. A light sabre battle in the stacks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2WxwzGY42Q

