Celebrating Halloween

Each October, Federal depositories across the Nation add a little spookiness to their libraries with festive displays. Below is a sampling of the many ways in which depository libraries have “frightened” up their spaces.

2021 Halloween Displays

• The Middendorf-Kredell Branch of the St. Charles City-County Library hired a new co-worker in the Government documents department this season as they work to showcase Government documents on some scary topics for their patrons.

• The University of North Texas Libraries created posters with a spooky twist to promote the new name of their branch library, the Sycamore Library (previously Eagle Commons Library).

• The Katie Murrell Library at Lindsey Wilson College in Columbia, Kentucky dressed Ben up as Mike Meyers to promote their spooky Government documents and displays.

• The California State Library is participating in a Halloween #spookyshowdown on social media, highlighting spooky or creepy images in their collections. The Government Publications section was highlighted with pictures and images from their Federal documents.

• Ben got into the Halloween Spirit at the University of Texas at Arlington Libraries and donned his spooky costume.

• The J. Murrey Atkins Library at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte is featuring some spooky Government documents in their stacks.

• The Supreme Court of Ohio Law Library built the castle from Super Mario Brothers and dressed Ben up as characters from the game to alert patrons they can ‘level up their research at the library.’

• The staff at the San Diego Law Library went all out to get the library in the spooky spirit.

• East Tennessee State University is having some Halloween fun with giveaways and Government information for their patrons.

• The Law Library of the University of Puerto Rico held a costume contest to dress up Ben!

Share Your Events with GPO

The staff at GPO always likes to hear about the creative ways your library celebrates Halloween. Share your event details and photos with us via askGPO. Under the “Ask a Question” tab, use the category, “Federal Depository Libraries” and the subcategory, “Marketing Strategies/Radio Spots.”