Libraries Score with Olympics Memes

by Kathy Ishizuka
Aug 10, 2024 | Filed in News & Features

The library meme game has always been strong. So it’s no surprise these institutions took the opportunity of the Paris Olympics to strut their stuff on social media.

 

The library meme game has always been strong. So little surprise that these institutions took the opportunity of the 2024 Paris Olympics to strut their stuff on social media.

Pictured above: one offering from Gail Borden Public Library in Elgin, IL.

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From DC Public Library:

 

Three Rivers (MI) Public Library:

 

 

Siouxland (SD) Libraries: 

 

 

Kankakee (IL) Public Library:

 

Hoboken (NJ) Public Library:

 

 

Duxbury (MA) Free Library:

 

 

Lake Bluff (IL) Library:

 

 

Olympics-inspired reels from Wichita State University Libraries:

 

 

 

Library of Congress Reel:

 

 

Timberland Library:

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Kathy Ishizuka is editor in chief of School Library Journal.

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