Samantha Stainburn writes: “What sport demands the precision of synchronized swimming and the book smarts of a librarian? Book cart drills, of course, the choreographed routines performed by librarians and graduate students in library science. The activity was popularized in the mid-2000s by Demco, the book-cart manufacturer, which sponsored a world championship competition at the ALA annual conference for several years. These days, the action is at homecoming parades and state library association conferences.” Watch the Gettysburg College team in 2010 in this video (8:07)... ALA Direct, Feb. 12; orig. in New York Times, Feb. 7
