{"id":3441,"date":"2020-04-03T11:11:36","date_gmt":"2020-04-03T17:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/libraryshenanigans.wordpress.com\/?p=3441"},"modified":"2026-02-11T22:44:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T22:44:32","slug":"cc-students-build-the-library-in-minecraft","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/2020\/04\/03\/cc-students-build-the-library-in-minecraft\/","title":{"rendered":"CC students build the library in Minecraft!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado College students, sent home at Spring Break to help stop the spread of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cdc.gov\/coronavirus\/2019-nCoV\/index.html\">Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19)<\/a>, are recreating the whole campus virtually in Minecraft! Yes! They are! And Tutt Library is already built!<\/p>\n<p>Eliza Merrall, Katie Wang, Arity Sherwood, Patrick McGinnis, and Daniel Turevski are the freaking AWESOME ARTIST-GENIUSES who started up the project:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3444\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft.png\" alt=\"thumbnail_Minecraft\" width=\"591\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft.png 591w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-473x1024.png 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>They soon learned that incoming first year students, members of the class of 2024, had a similar idea:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3446\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-1.png\" alt=\"thumbnail_Minecraft 1\" width=\"591\" height=\"1280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-1.png 591w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-1-139x300.png 139w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/thumbnail_minecraft-1-473x1024.png 473w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 591px) 100vw, 591px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Merrall et. al. version of Tutt Library is amazingly detailed and accurate. Here&#8217;s the south entrance, with the statue of Chas, in real life:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3452\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance.jpg\" alt=\"Tutt-Library-entrance\" width=\"2048\" height=\"1340\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance-300x196.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance-1024x670.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance-768x503.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance-1536x1005.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/tutt-library-entrance-624x408.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 2048px) 100vw, 2048px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>and in Minecraft:<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3448\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/chas.png\" alt=\"chas\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/chas.png 854w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/chas-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/chas-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/chas-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Even the interiors are detailed and accurate. At least one librarian &#8212; we&#8217;re not saying who &#8212; has made sure his office has correct signage.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3449\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/steveoffice.png\" alt=\"steveoffice\" width=\"854\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/steveoffice.png 854w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/steveoffice-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/steveoffice-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/steveoffice-624x351.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 854px) 100vw, 854px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Thank you, CC minecrafters, for brightening up all of our quarantines and making us miss each other even more than before!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>ADDITION, April 6: two draft images from the project:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>(Papercut is the unfortunately-named print service the CC library uses)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3455\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2020-04-03 at 6.30.21 PM\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm.png 1440w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.30.21-pm-624x390.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>a torch! and a bat!<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-3454\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm.png\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2020-04-03 at 6.28.31 PM\" width=\"1440\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm.png 1440w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm-300x188.png 300w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm-1024x640.png 1024w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm-768x480.png 768w, https:\/\/sites.coloradocollege.edu\/ccspecialcollections\/files\/2020\/04\/screen-shot-2020-04-03-at-6.28.31-pm-624x390.png 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Colorado College students, sent home at Spring Break to help stop the spread of Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), are recreating the whole campus virtually in Minecraft! 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