Seattle Public Library

Portrait of an Organization

Culture Mine worked with the Seattle Public Library and King County Library System to explore the role of the library, patrons and librarians in society--past and present. The project resulted in a compilation of stories, lists and images delivered in a 40-minute presentation.

To see excerpts from this presentation, click Unusual Bookmarks, Overdue Book, Sex Scene

(60 second video), and Well Loved Books (60 second video).

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Unusual Bookmarks

Bookmarks found in books returned to the King County Library System.

piece of grass

feather

phone card

lottery ticket

unused plane ticket

insurance plan

strip of condoms

a leaf

a bag of marijuana

restraining order

seven $100 bills

IRS refund check

Dear John letter

two inch carpenter's nail

toothpick

a raisin carefully placed at the edge of the page, it's tip sticking out

valid passport

a snapshot of a family on a roller coaster, everyone screaming

a raw strip of bacon