Recently at the sdln conference i attended a workshop about the hollywood librarian. Photos from the 2019 national high school jrotc drill team championships. Complete book of drills for winning football michael d. December 12, 2017 san jose, ca the king library book cart drill team is now live. The 6th annual book cart drill team world championship sponsored by demco was held at the 2010 ala annual conference in washington. Photos from the 2019 national jrotc fitness challenge championships. Book cart drill teams are being used to promote libraries in parades and community events all over the state. The complete book of offensive basketball drills is a treasure trove of information from around the world. This years first place winners of the golden cart award were from oak park, illinois. Uwmadison slis book cart drill team puts on heck of a. Chicago the fifth annual library book cart drill team. This lighthearted but precise manual provides stepbystep instructions on how to plan, equip and train a successful book cart drill team. Dressed in viking armor and braids and performing to ride of the valkyries, the oak park ill.
Each year at the ala annual conference, various library systems compete in the remarkably, refreshingly silly book cart drill teams. The final event of zaki con is our cosplay contest. Since 2004 the library book cart drill team championship has taken place during the annual conference of the american library association. These librarians from the omaha public library chose a ride of the valkyries theme. Here is an ala american library association wiki entry. These are excellent opportunities to keep the library and its mission before the community. King library book cart drill team, san jose, california.
Teams bring acrobatic splits, book cart headlights, and dry ice effects to the floor in the quest to win first place and the coveted gold book cart trophy that comes with it. The sixth annual library book cart drill team championship is being held sunday afternoon in washington. Developed by the ala committee on rural, native and tribal libraries of all kinds in collaboration with the ala office for outreach and literacy services olos and the campaign for americas libraries. Five teams of librarians dressed in costumes ranging from vikings to elvis presley competed for the coveted gold book cart. In this superneat manual on organizing library book cart drill teams, authors mccracken adult services manager, yakima valley regional lib. Coach your team to play better, faster, and win, with innovative drills from around the globe simply fantastic.
Opl warrior librarians 1st place book cart drill team ala 2009. They practice their routines in hallways and parking lots, ready to compete in the 5th annual library book cart drill team championship, sponsored by library. What could be more fun for ala attendees than a book cart drill team competition on a sunday afternoon. Delhi continues to stick up for david davidar harper lee speaks. The library book cart precision drill team manual by linda d. Libraries interested in sponsoring a team should contact jane napier at email protected for the full list of rules and regulations. Library book cart drill team in the westhampton beach new york st. Valkyries ride to drill team victory american libraries. They marched in drill team formation, equipped with metal book.
Richard moniz is the director of library services at the horrygeorgetown technical college, which has campuses in conway, georgetown, and myrtle beach, south carolina. For the first time, two teams tied for first continue reading valkyries ride to drill team victory. The king library book cart drill is a cross organizational team of sjsu and sjpl library staff who perform to music with library. Chicago the sixth annual library book cart drill team championship, showcasing library workers performing themed dance routines with costumes and creatively decorated book carts, will be held from 4 to 5. Book cart drill team competition submitted by schwarz on november 14, 2008 3. The competition is one of the many events taking place during the american library associations ala annual conference held june 24 29 at the washington convention center in washington, d. Includes association information, news, events, and advocacy resources for members, librarians, and library users. The team of librarians from texas wore red, white, and blue feather boas as they danced the boogiewoogie while pushing their book carts in pinwheel formation.
Jul 31, 2008 according to the american library association, book cart drill teams are established to increase visibility of the library in their community, while shattering the conservative stereotype of librarians. The contest was sponsored by demco, a producer of book carts. Ala created the book cart drill team world championship competition to bring together these drill teams to compete for national acclaim and prizes at its annual conferences. When librarians get together, dancing is encouraged expressnews. Demco cart wheels2nd place book truck drill team ala. The competition is one of the many events taking place during the american library associations ala annual conference held june 24 29 at the washington. The competition is one of the many events taking place during the american library associations ala annual conference held july 9 15 at the mccormick place west. Buy the library book cart precision drill team manual by linda d. Rockin robbins book cart drill team wins another trophy. And then come back to book riot, where ill be calling out more cool stuff librarians do, just for you. This is a video of the winners of the book cart drill team competition. Public library advocacy is support given to a public library for its financial and philosophical goals or needs.
May 08, 2008 the first annual mla book cart drill team competition, as presented by the paralibrarian section. Jun 11, 2009 book cart drill teams increase the visibility of the library in their community. The speaker was very entertaining and showed us several movie clips about librarians and an especially cute clip from the ala conference where we saw the book cart drill teams perform. The robbins library rockin robbins book cart drill team have been regular competitors since the first annual competition back in 2008, but have never nabbed the elusive first place trophy. Those who think the book cart drill teams are silly susan and stanley. Chicago the fifth annual library book cart drill team championship, showcasing library workers performing inspired dance routines with costumes and creatively decorated book carts, will be held from 4 to 5. The librarys synchronized book cart drill team, performing live for the bloomington north rotary club. Its one of the less serious events at the american library associations annual conference, which began thursday and runs until tuesday at the. Jun 27, 2007 and a few fortunate teams get to go for the gold the gold book cart, that is, at the ala world championship. Valkyrie bookcart drill team triumphs library mix archive. Those who think the book cart drill teams are fabulous and go out of their way to watch the competition at ala katie.
I assume youre familiar with cosplay if youre reading, but just in case you arent. There something new at the vermont library conference in 2012. We will all need white tshirtspolos and ill decide later on the bottoms. This year, the santa monica public library formed a team and entered the competition for the first time. Fewer jobs at city hall one way flynn can begin to arrest the deficit. I think that should give us enough time to decorate the carts and practice. Letters to the editor the christian science monitor, july. Book cart drills, of course, the choreographed routines performed by librarians and graduate students in library science. Demco sponsored the 2007 world championship book truck drill team competition at ala in washington d.
She learned about the fall out shelter, pornography, and last, but not least, book cart drill teams. Two weeks ago, i wrote about librarians busting moves to michael jacksons thriller. How to drill holes in books posted on november 3, 2009 by carrie so you have a bookshelf full of books some with pages, some without and you want to drill holes through them. The austin texas public library book cart drill team, the bibliofiles, perform at the ala national conference held in anaheim. By washington post editors who says librarians are boring. Jul 12, 2009 dressed in viking armor and braids and performing to ride of the valkyries, the oak park ill. If you werent at the wisconsin library association wla conference last week to see the 1st annual book cart drill team competition, youre in luck because intrepid mats blogger paula ganyard recorded a video of the competition and posted it to youtube. Peggy sullivan received the american library association s ala highest honor in being named an honorary ala member in 2008, recognizing more than fifty years of dedicated service to the profession of librarianship. In that post, i mentioned the 2008 book cart drill team champions, santa monicas wellstacked scibrarians. The american library association ala just finished its annual conference in chicago. They marched in drillteam formation, equipped with metal book carts.
Winning uw book cart drill team puts on show today at. Last month, the american library association ala held its fifth annual bookcart drill team world championships at its annual conference in chicago. Library book cart drill world championship won by local team. Librarian book cart drill championships to be held news and.
The robbins library rockin robbins book cart drill team have been regular competitors since the first annual competition back in 2008, but have. Montage of the four competitors at the 2007 book cart drill team championships at ala in washington dc. Book cart drill team competition comes to fla conference 2010. Santa monica public library wins book cart drill team world. Gretchen roltgen, a 62yearold librarian with neon blue hair, says its a. Presenting library book cart drill teams david guion.
Winning uw book cart drill team puts on show today at college library posted on june 30, 2005 if you are on campus at noon today, stop by h. The 6th annual book cart drill team world championship sponsored by demco was held at the 2010 ala annual conference in washington, dc. The book cart drill team competition at the texas library associations annual conference, is a danceoff using those wheeled things that. Gettysburg colleges drill team in sync at the american library associations world. Our team members are amy peterson, irene meehleib, connie ewing, john ericson, kris kenney, and jean dravet. Tonight was the 9th annual massachusetts library association book cart drill team competition. Nov 21, 2008 check out this video of the winners of the 2007 medical libary association meeting book cart drill team competition.
Illinois is fortunate, indeed, to have sullivan and her boundless energy in residence. Teams can be found at community events such as parades and festivals, traveling to grade schools to promote literacy and provide library staff with the opportunity to build morale and encourage teamwork. This years competition, which was organized and produced by the paralibrarian section, included four teams fighting for the honor of first place. Dec 21, 2010 asked whether demco will continue to support the increasingly popular book cart drill team competition at ala annual conference, grasee laughed and said, its some fun we can have together with our beloved librarians that wed absolutely want to continue, and described the event as a cultural icon. Decorative wood book shelves several years ago, a library conference exhibitor promoted a fundraising program where supporters would buy a wood book spine with their name on it, and the collection of big and small, variously colored book spines would evenually go on a library wall. Opl warrior librarians 1st place book cart drill team ala 2009 duration.
Jul 22, 2009 the secret lives of librarians took center stage at the american library association s annual conference earlier this month. Regarding the june 27 article, dewey decimal divas. Yuki artists loco, chrish vix, minol, ravi jay, yuki, born manasick lyrics drill team westnahira produced by komudu yuki beats video produced by koile. The tulane libraries book cart drill team, in a triumphant debut performance, won the second annual book cart drill team world championship. Book cart drill teams battle for supremacy mental floss. White hall college library to watch a performance by library school students who have created a book cart drill team. Most often this takes the form of monetary or material donations or campaigning to the institutions which oversee the library. Jul 23, 20 check out the cool stickers i just put on my book cart. You can read about the november 2008 competition in wisconsin when the baraboo bookers shut out the mad city truckers. The library book cart precision drill team manual by linda.
May 23, 2017 tonight was the 9th annual massachusetts library association book cart drill team competition. The activity was popularized in the mid2000s by demco, the bookcart manufacturer, which sponsored a world championship competition at the american library associations annual conference. Jan 03, 2010 for the uninitiated, library book cart precision drill teams are groups of library staff members who push book carts in formation to music. The 2017 rrisd hip hop librarians team competed and won at the texas library associations annual book cart drill team competition. Santa monica public library wins book cart drill team. Finally, library book cart drill teams have become popular. Public library warrior librarians took first place in the fifth annual library book cart drill team championship, winning a gold book cart from sponsor demco before a standingroomonly crowd. San jose public library was live feeling festive at san jose public library. Library book cart drill team does wagner proud film based on allan. Tulanes book cart truck drill team in action during the 2006 world championships in new orleans at the american libraries association convention. Lets talk about cool stuff librarians do book riot.
Demco sponsored 2009 ala fifth annual book cart drill team world championship. With upandcoming librarians like these, it wont be long before we finally shatter that shushing, bunwearing, fingerpointing librarian stereotype. Demco acquires highsmith american libraries magazine. Teams exist throughout the united states, including colorado, connecticut, delaware, florida, illinois, massachusetts, ohio, pennsylvania, and texas. Library book cart drill championships to be held june 27. Mlas first ever book cart drill team competition started what will hopefully become an annual tradition. It includes tips for recruiting members and making the experience gratifying, finding festive opportunities to perform, costuming, decorating the carts and especially, clear choreographic drawings for. Librarian book cart drill championships to be held news. Teams typically consist of library workers who perform choreographed routines while pushing uniquely decorated book carts. The fact that professional librarians should have to man library book cart drill teams in order to shake up the public perception of the stuffy librarian is a profoundly distressing and undignified idea. The ala champion uwmadison slis book cart drill team put on a heck of a show this afternoon.
Feb 09, 2014 book cart drill teams put spin on library science. The ala is the oldest and largest library association in the world. Book cart drill teams increase the visibility of the library in their community. The paperback of the the library book cart precision drill team manual by linda d. I can honestly say that i have not seen nor read a more complete drill book on one topic that is better than this. The book cart drill team championships were held on sunday, june 29th. Often the book carts are decorated and so are the library staff members. Grab a ringside seat for coverage of first national book cart drill team competition. Jul 23, 2009 the american library association ala just finished its annual conference in chicago. Illinois library luminary honorees illinois library association.
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