Libraries in history
The ancient library in this North African City was founded by the Ptolemaic Dynasty around the 3rd century BCE.
What is Alexandria?
A brain, an athlete, a basket case, a princess, and a criminal all had to spend the day in the library in this 1985 classic film.
What is The Breakfast Club?
This caffeinated cat once starred in a local film, recently thought to have been lost forever to the depths of the VIU archives.
Who is Malcolm, the Java cat?
_______ the Cube is a 1989 cult classic featuring a skateboarding Christian Slater who is looking to solve his brother’s mysterious death.
What is Gleaming (Gleaming the Cube)?
Buck is a St. Bernard mix made famous in this 1903 Jack London novel.
What is The Call of the Wild?
Established in 1800 with an appropriation of $5,000, it’s one of the largest libraries in the world, with over 160 million works.
What is the Library of Congress?
“Come on inside, / We've got everything you need. / There's plenty to do, / Or you can just sit and read.” are some of the lyrics to “Library Card”, a song presented in this children’s TV show.
What is Arthur?
Michelle Obama is amongst those who have studied at the world’s largest academic law library, located at this school.
What is Harvard University?
This word refers to the time of day immediately following sunset.
What is the gloam?
This anthropomorphic children’s book character was named after a stuffed animal: first Edward, then this.
Who is Winnie-the-Pooh?
According to Wikipedia (a very reputable source), the first Drag Story Hour event was held at the Eureka Valley/Harvey Milk Memorial Branch Library in this city.
What is San Francisco?
This librarian character, played by Anthony Head, is a mentor and father figure to the title character.
Who is Rupert Giles (from Buffy the Vampire Slayer)?
This librarian is known for the development of a classification system that expresses Indigenous knowledge structures - it's also named after him.
What is Brian Deer Classification?
This political science theory attempts to understand all the interconnections of the modern world.
What is globalism?
This material, made of prepared animal skins, served as the primary medium for many Medieval illuminated manuscripts before wood-pulp paper became popularized in Europe.
What is vellum (alt: parchment)?
In the year 1780, Gottfried van Swieten introduced the world’s first card catalog at the Imperial Library, now known as the National Library of this country.
What is Austria?
This title character works part time in the library at Hearst College.
Who is Veronica Mars?
Loriene Roy is a librarian, professor, and scholar of Indigenous librarianship. She was the first Native American president of this association when she was inaugurated in 2007.
What is the American Library Association (ALA)?
This scientific term refers to the generation of electric current by chemical action.
What is galvanism?
Spaal’ is the name of the title character in this 2024 children’s book by Andrea Fritz that teaches Hul’q’umi’num’. words and phrases.
What is Raven Gets Tricked?