Freshers' Fayre yesterday and today.

This year the theme has been 'the body in the Library' with a 'murder' that's been committed. Perhaps inspired by the crime writer who opened our new extension at the beginning of last year. Answer five questions and you'll find the murderer (one of the Faculty Librarians - could it be me?!), the weapon, the motive and so on. More importantly you'll familiarise yourself with certain parts of the Library (e.g. the catalog, the enquiry desk and so on).

We chose not to have a stall in the marquee this year as the rates that are charged have nearly doubled to $1000. Instead, we've set ourselves up on a thoroughfare just across from the tents and right outside the Library. The 'design' of the stall/game has been brilliant. It looks like the board game Clue/Cluedo and I've even been turned into a suspect card which is fun.

To catch people's eye and their attention as we walked past I was persuaded to lie on the concrete while they chalked around my body. We'd borrowed some cones and got some police crime scene tape and the whole effect worked really well. So much so that some students who perhaps didn't 'get' our sense of humor really did think there'd been a murder. Oh dear.

Anyway, entries are already waaaaay up on previous years and hopefully it's engaging people with the Library in a way that's fun.