From the College Librarian Alternate Library Activities

How to use the libraries when you're sick and tired of studying:

• Watch a football game or track meet from the top floor of Rølvaag.
• Find the purple dinosaur.
• Get a cup of coffee in the World Languages Center.
• View the art exhibits by the circulation desk.
• Read one of our 1,600 magazines or journals.
• Play miniature golf the third Saturday night of January.
• Stand in the middle of the reference room and memorize the St. Olaf presidents.
• Find the hidden stairwell that leads to “floor 3 ½.”
• Ask a reference librarian why men have nipples.
• Go to the music library: listen to alternate tracks of Radiohead's Kid A , John Cage's 4'33”, and Jimi Hendrix's Purple Haze , and then try to remember your name.
• Deposit a question in Jean Jacques' question box, and wait for advice from the library's resident philosopher.
• Introduce yourself to a stuffed animal in the science library.
• Watch one of our 11,185 video recordings.
• Take a nap in the love pit.
• Stand under the skylight during a rain storm.

Bryn Geffert
College Librarian