{"id":1800,"date":"2014-04-15T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2014-04-15T20:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=1800"},"modified":"2026-02-11T23:19:41","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T23:19:41","slug":"plushies-available-for-borrowing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2014\/04\/15\/plushies-available-for-borrowing\/","title":{"rendered":"Plushies available for borrowing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/plushies.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1801 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/plushies.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"plushies\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushies.jpg 960w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushies-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushies-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushies-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>As a block 7 stress-buster, <a href=\"http:\/\/coloradocollege.libguides.com\/profile.php?uid=36643\">Rebecca Harner<\/a> had the idea to lend out &#8220;study buddies&#8221; in the Colorado College library this week. The experiment was a huge success, with stuffed animals keeping students company at desks and tables all over the building.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align:center\">Addendum, April 16:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/plushy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-medium wp-image-1805 aligncenter\" src=\"http:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/plushy.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"plushy\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushy.jpg 640w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushy-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2014\/04\/plushy-624x468.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\nFurther addendum, April 2015: we&#8217;re doing it again this year!<\/p>\n<p>Further further addendum, September 2015: we did it again, and this time one of the plushies turned up on a high shelf with an inscrutable letter. Another, a cheerleading tomato (apparently), was found in the stacks.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/jessyrandall.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/04\/20150917_093034_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2016\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093034_resized-e1442864408816.jpg?w=169\" alt=\"20150917_093034_resized\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093034_resized-e1442864408816.jpg 459w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093034_resized-e1442864408816-169x300.jpg 169w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-2018\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized.jpg?w=300\" alt=\"20150917_093735_resized\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized.jpg 816w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized-768x432.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2015\/09\/20150917_093735_resized-624x351.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As a block 7 stress-buster, Rebecca Harner had the idea to lend out &#8220;study buddies&#8221; in the Colorado College library this week. The experiment was a huge success, with stuffed animals keeping students company at desks and tables all over the building. Addendum, April 16: Further addendum, April 2015: we&#8217;re doing it again this year! 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