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Welcome to the Library Olympics!

Events Include Cart Racing, Synchronized Stamping and Speed Weeding

If there were a Library Olympics, what would be the best events?

As it turns out, the Library Olympics isn’t a new idea. Several libraries have actually held them, and they’ve also been mentioned in books like Call Numbers: The Not so Quiet Life of Librarians. I consulted those and did a little additional online research (I asked for suggestions from my favorite Facebook library group) to come up with the following list of Library Olympics events:

Speed Weeding

Cart Racing

The Stephen King Book Toss

Fastest Check-in of a Full Book Drop Competition

Synchronized Stamping

Holds List Relay Races

Newspaper Rod Fencing

Competitive Copier Toner Changing

“What’s This Weird Stain?” Analysis Event

Successfully Emptying the Library By Closing Time Competition

Competitive Journal Shredding

Most Accurate Enlargement of Small Item to the Desired Size on a Copy Machine Event

Locating Books with Blue Covers Whose Authors Were Recently Interviewed on NPR Race

Most Creative Retort to the claim of “I Pay Your Salary” Competition

Cart dancing — Pairs, Solo and Group

Highest Number of Patrons With Password Issues Helped In A Set Amount of Time

Highest Energy Storytime

Rude Patron Pole Vault

Most Successful Attempt to Convince a Patron to Check Out an Author Other than James Patterson

Do you work in a library? Do you have a great idea for a Library Olympics event? Please share it with us in the Comments section!

( Writing Coach Roz Warren writes for everyone from the Funny Times to the New York Times, and is the author of Our Bodies, Our Shelves: A Collection of Library Humor, and Just Another Day At Your Local Public Library. If you want to buy inscribed copies or just want to say hi, you can reach her at [email protected])