Librarians Go Wild in Chicago

Watch a small bit of the book cart drill teams in Chicago this week. Individual teams should be posting more of the videos this week as performance fever wears off.

"The stereotype of the librarian — horn-rimmed glasses, hair in a bun, finger to her lips stubbornly shushing — was nowhere to be found at this year's Librarian Book Cart Drill Championships held recently in Chicago.

Five teams of librarians — dressed in costumes ranging from Vikings to Elvis Presley — competed for the coveted gold book cart. They marched in drill-team formation, equipped with metal book carts" From the NPR website.

Or listen to the podcast or read the story on NPR. Read the ALA Inside Scoop blog about the winning performance of the Oak Park Public Library's "Ride of the Valkyries".

Mo Willems, author of the crazy pigeon books, including Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus and Don't Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late for children said:

“There’s a stereotype that librarians are boring. And I think they want to change that stereotype to ‘librarians are crazy.'

I think he's right.