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shenmue

(38,506 posts)
Sun Dec 7, 2014, 04:51 PM Dec 2014

Orkney Library wins friends and influences people on Twitter

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-30345617

http://www.buzzfeed.com/alanwhite/real-talk-who-doesnt-dress-as-whitesnake-once-a-week

From the BBC article:

Although its books are physically located on a remote Scottish island, @OrkneyLibrary is now at the centre of the bibliophile Twitter universe.

This week the account pushed past 10,000 Twitter followers and caught the attention of the media - although to be entirely fair it has been trending for quite some time.


In August, they had a "dress as a member of Whitesnake" day for patrons.

Also, they do things like this:


Orkney Library @OrkneyLibrary

Does anyone else turn the moss that falls off the roof into a pet? This one is called Nigel

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What's not to like?

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