{"id":1510,"date":"2013-02-04T10:45:08","date_gmt":"2013-02-04T17:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=1510"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:51:19","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:51:19","slug":"libraries-collectinglending-shenaniganish-things","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2013\/02\/04\/libraries-collectinglending-shenaniganish-things\/","title":{"rendered":"libraries collecting\/lending shenaniganish things"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/02\/02\/170849125\/did-you-hear-that-i-think-it-was-the-sound-of-a-walrus\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1528 alignleft\" alt=\"indri-lemur\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/lemur.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/02\/lemur.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/02\/lemur-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>The <a href=\"http:\/\/macaulaylibrary.org\/\">Macaulay Library<\/a> of the Ornithology Lab at Cornell University has digitized over 7000 hours of wildlife sounds, including the clarinet-like call of the indri lemur, which they describe as &#8220;the best candidate to appear on a John Coltrane record.&#8221; You can hear that sound and more in the NPR story, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/2013\/02\/02\/170849125\/did-you-hear-that-i-think-it-was-the-sound-of-a-walrus\">here<\/a>. (You don&#8217;t have to listen to the whole story &#8212; the website has pulled out a few animal sounds for easy clicking.)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.npr.org\/blogs\/thesalt\/2013\/02\/02\/170846948\/how-to-save-a-public-library-make-it-a-seed-bank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-1529\" alt=\"seedlibrary1\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/seeds.jpg?w=300\" width=\"300\" height=\"168\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/02\/seeds.jpg 624w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2013\/02\/seeds-300x168.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>Speaking of unusual library collections, the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.basaltrld.org\/\">Basalt Regional Library District<\/a> in Colorado is lending seed packets. Patrons grow fruits and vegetables from the seeds they check out, and then harvest seeds from them and return those to the library.<\/p>\n<p>Thanks, Rebecca Laroche!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Macaulay Library of the Ornithology Lab at Cornell University has digitized over 7000 hours of wildlife sounds, including the clarinet-like call of the indri lemur, which they describe as &#8220;the best candidate to appear on a John Coltrane record.&#8221; You can hear that sound and more in the NPR story, here. 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