Library Themed Caches

[+Under the Stars]

Hello!

 

I am thinking of placing a cache at the public library where I work and am wondering what other library-themed caches are out there?

 

If anyone owns, knows of, or has found such a cache, I would appreciate it if you would post the link or GC#.

 

Thanks!

[+Castle Mischief]

Yes! There is a wonderful library cache in my area (North Alabama).

 

Do not click here if you don't want spoilers.

 

The "container" is actually a book in the library (a blank journal). To sign the log, you sign the book! Check the hints and I think you might figure out how you find it once you get there.

[+StaticTank]

In the Stacks (GCXWZE)

 

This is an excellent cache here in Sioux Falls that is actually in the library! It is very well done.

[Mr.Yuck]

Hello!

 

I am thinking of placing a cache at the public library where I work and am wondering what other library-themed caches are out there?

 

If anyone owns, knows of, or has found such a cache, I would appreciate it if you would post the link or GC#.

 

Thanks!

 

I loved Welcome to my world in The Scranton, Pa. area. But now that I look at it, it's pretty darn difficult, and doesn't get found very much.

 

One part of it, that I think was pretty cool (but you can't tell from the cache description), is that it you get a worksheet that involves a bunch of research from the reference section, mostly on history of the local area.

 

EDIT: I don't really think I was posting a spoiler in mentioning the worksheet involving research from the reference section. Just an idea for the OP. It was really just a component of the cache in question, which involves other twists as well.

Edited April 23, 2008 by TheWhiteUrkel

[+D@nim@l]

Here are two in the Pittsburgh area:

 

When Wind Was King

 

Norwin Library Ottendorf Cipher Geocache

 

I also found this bookmark list called Libris that has all sorts of them

[+spelldog]

I just had this one approved yesterday - GC1BABR. Unfortunately no one has tried to find it yet.

[+ProjectFred325]

Spuposed to be one in Spokane, WA inside the library in a book, on a shelve. A guess a "book vault".

 

And there was "shhhhhhh" in Covington, WA (98402), currently disabled, while library is being rebuilt.

[+ReZappers]

There's a fun cache in the library in Philadelphia: Anne Rice's "The Mummy" GCGN0D

[+ThePetersTrio]

GC6C21 in Portland is one of the oldest caches I've come across that is still going strong. And it's in a library downtown. I haven't had the chance to try it yet. If the logs are any indication, it looks pretty cool.

[+usyoopers]

We haven't done either of these-

 

Enter to Read GC107KQ in Marquette, Michigan

 

Bookends GCZT9C in Cedarville, Michigan

 

We have always felt more comfortable going after caches out on the trails, urban caching kind of creeps me out

[+foundinthewild]

Hello!

 

I am thinking of placing a cache at the public library where I work and am wondering what other library-themed caches are out there?

 

If anyone owns, knows of, or has found such a cache, I would appreciate it if you would post the link or GC#.

 

Thanks!

 

Check these out. They are in Ramsey County Library system (hence the RCL), each having a piece of info for a final cache, not at a library.

 

RCL Series - AH by tesser (GC19V1F)

RCL Series - MP by tesser (GC19V1Q)

RCL Series - MV by tesser (GC19V0P)

RCL Series - RV by tesser (GC19V1W)

RCL Series - Final by tesser (GC19V24)

[+foundinthewild]

... and this one, too.

 

GCX86Q "Foreword by Dave Ulmer" in Minnetonka, MN.

[+nerdling]

Brain Food(GCHYGD) in Gresham Oregon. I'm not going to give any spoilers away but I enjoyed it greatly.

[+kdbstlrfan]

936.5sul GCM34Z in Gulfport MS. was a good one. i am currently working on one for my area as well.

[+joranda]

I have one.

[+joranda]

Reading is Fundamental

GC194VA

People seem to like it.

[+Jennifer&Dean]

ENTOMED in Missoula, MT is a good one placed inside a library. Very cool.

-J

[+adt1982]

These caches sound neat! I wish there was one around here.

[+Taoiseach]

Actually, on second thought, that kinda gives it away, maybe I shouldn't have said that

Edited April 23, 2008 by Taoiseach

[+Anonymous']

There is a very good one in my area where you have to solve a puzzle that gives you the call number of a book in the library. The book is marked as reference so it can't be checked out. The cache is definitely one of my favorites.

[+Taoiseach]

^^ Yea - That's the gist of the one here in Ottawa - I just didn't want to give it away by giving the name ^^

[+hydnsek]

A few in Washington:

 

Urban Cache: Overdue - Kirkland, WA - one of the first library caches (2001)

Homework Comes First - Renton, WA

Non Rolling Log - Wenatchee, WA

Edited April 23, 2008 by hydnsek

[+bream_rockmetteller]

In Walla Walla, Wa, there's GCNCGN. I haven't looked for it yet, but it seems to be a popular one...

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...77-aa94d5bdb404

 

one favorite library Cache.

[+hairball45]

I've found a couple in-the-library-on-a-shelf caches. One was a VHS tape box with catalog number and all in the reference section. The other was a real book, pages hollowed out to hold a log and some minor swag. It too carried the appropriate numbers for a work, in this case of fiction. Was it in the card catalog? Heck, I don't know but it was a really cool find, hidden clearly in plain sight. I think both are archived now.

I have also found several in the parking lot or otherwise on the grounds of different libraries.

hairball

[+NYPaddleCacher]

I have found two library caches. One is in Dryden, NY and the most interesting thing about the cache is the building it is located in (see listing). The other is in Manteo, NC and I found it last week (GCY2JJ)

 

Since I work in a library (as a programmer/analyst) I have been thinking of placing one where I work and already have approval from the library director. The interesting thing about the one I would place is that one would not have to own a GPS to find it, even if I (as planned) make it a multi-cache with several preliminary waypoints around the perimeter of the building. That's because our library has two GPS units that are available for checkout.

[+Sileny Jizda]

We have a Library themed cache and the real Librarians actually love the guy. They actually make sure he is standing doing his duty at the front of the library. A few times we had to remove him for maintenance and some of the librarians that didn't know about it actually called us at home worried he may have been stolen concerned for his safety. He was actually stolen once but that has been rectified. The Librarian (GC1254G)

[+Under the Stars]

Wow! Thank you all for the responses - this is great! I have approval from my director to place a cache so will be looking through all of these for ideas.

 

Thanks again!

[+Manatee Mamma]

If you are old enough to remeber journalist, Ernie Pyle check out GCJDYW, "Pyle it on". It is starts in his home in Alb., MN which is now a small library and ends at the downtown library.

 

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Not all who wander are lost. Some are geocachers.

[+C&C+COMPANY]

GC13DND~Allo Bruce

GC134KA~Tribute to the Puzzle Man

GCY7RP~Muggle Madness

GCY7RQ~Thinking Like a Cammo Queen

GCY7RM~Caching in Cole Harbour

 

All in Nova Scotia in the Halifax area

[+sassydil]

GCT8HP Fancy Grass You solved the puzzle at the coordinates outside the library then went in to find it. The head reference librarian suggested the container (a VHS box on the shelf in plain sight)- she thought a magnetic container under a shelf would be lame. Little kids just loved it. It had to be archived because the sign I used was removed. The library manager asked if I could replace it with another puzzle.

 

GC148WC Westward Ho! I used a different puzzle to get the same answer and same container, but the inside of the library was rearranged, so it was a slightly different search to find the new one.

 

The library may get a new building in a few years, so I'm already planning on a replacement. One of the librarians is on the lookout for a larger container.

[+Polarbz]

GCNZ2F - in Missoula, Montana. Another book vault.

[+J Loran]

GCZV3P - Never judge a book by its cover

A very popular find around here.

[+whale3]

Check out GCWHTD a ? Cache.

[+sataraid1]

Both of these are excellent, and both have been placed with the permission and assistance of the library staff.

 

GCM140 - Among Dead Trees

 

GCHBBD - Font of Knowedge (sic)

[+sassydil]

Someone (Heather) sent me an email asking about library caches. I responded twice to her provided hotmail address rather than through geocaching and she never acknowledged. If you're still out there - was my email blocked? I don't know what you go by on geocaching, so I can't go that route. Thanks.

[+bluesybreeze]

One of my favorite caches GCNN67 Pen Name in Clarksville, Arkansas. It was set up as a puzzle cache. Was a lot of fun and I felt like Sherlock Holmes when I solved it.

[+tealeaf]

in albuquerque, in addtion to pyle it on that manatee mama mentioned, i also have GC1233J pile it on; good taste, bad taste, no taste and Suz55tbird has GC16297 pile it up in nearby los lunas.

[+tealeaf]

in albuquerque, in addition to pyle it on that manatee mama mentioned, i also have GC1233J pile it on; good taste, bad taste, no taste and Suz55tbird has GC16297 pile it up in nearby los lunas.

Edited May 12, 2008 by tealeaf

[+planehappy]

We've placed one: GC14WKW

We've also found one: GC13RT3

 

Ours is a book that I hollowed out and it contains a log book and can hold small swag.

The one we've found is an actual book you sign in.