Book cart drill team
Seattle, Washington, 2007
Southampton, New York, 2009
A book cart drill team refers to a group of library employees (typically librarians and library technicians) who perform in public choreographed routines with wheeled carts. Participants generally aim to demonstrate esprit de corps and/or precision of movement. Teams exist throughout the United States, including Colorado,[1] Connecticut,[2] Delaware,[3] Florida,[4] Illinois,[5] Massachusetts,[6] Ohio,[7] Pennsylvania,[8] and Texas.[9] Since 2004 the "Library Book Cart Drill Team Championship" has taken place during the annual conference of the American Library Association.
See also
References
- ↑ Montrose Daily Press, Jul 3, 2004
- ↑ "Bridgeport Public Library Book Cart Drill Team," cf. Connecticut Post, May 18, 2003
- ↑ "Delaware Diamonds Book Cart Drill Team," cf. Brandywine East Community News, Jul 13, 2009
- ↑ Palm Beach Daily News, Jan 8, 2005
- ↑ Des Plaines Times, May 3, 2007
- ↑ "Plymouth Rockettes," cf. Boston Globe, May 22, 2008
- ↑ "Clermont County Public Library book cart drill team," cf. Cincinnati Enquirer, Aug 18, 2005
- ↑ Intelligencer (Doylestown, PA), Jul 4, 2003; "Abington Book Cart Drill Team" cf. Philadelphia Inquirer, Jun 18, 2006
- ↑ Austin American-Statesman, Dec 31, 2008
Further reading
- Linda D. McCracken, Lynne Zeiher. The library book cart precision drill team manual. McFarland & Co., 2002
- Elaine F. Weiss. Dewey Decimal divas: Librarians ditch their cardigans and don feather boas to compete in the Book Cart Drill Team World Championships. Christian Science Monitor, June 27, 2007
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- Samantha Stainburn. "Dancing with the Book Carts." New York Times, February 7, 2014.
- "Sh! Librarians Show Off Their Competitive Moves." National Public Radio, Morning Edition, June 29, 2010.
- Flickr. Photos of the team from Musselman Library, Gettysburg College, Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA, 2010.
- Gabriel Spitzer. Librarians Go Wild For Gold Book Cart. National Public Radio, July 13, 2009.
- Flickr. Scenes from the 2008 Book Cart Drill Team World Championship at ALA Annual Conference in Anaheim, CA.
- Flickr. Clermont County Public Library, Ohio, 2006.