Cranes and a Wish For Peace

The Tredway Library shared this cake, decorated with paper cranes, with the Augustana community on Monday, May 18, 2009.

Members of the Tredway Library staff and Augustana students gathered today to celebrate the making of 1000 cranes.  Circulation student workers began this project last November.  This spring, we asked students and members of the Augustana community to help us in this quest.  Our combined efforts resulted in 1185 total cranes (1153 hanging, the remainder on display around the department).

In keeping with a tradition begun after the death of a young girl, Sadako, who developed leukemia as a result of the atomic bombs that were dropped on Japan, we made our “crane wish” for peace.  We hope to be able to send the cranes with East Asia term students next spring, where they will be hung at Hiroshima (dependent on finding a feasible way to pack them).

To see more photos of this project, please see our earlier postings in the ”Paper Crane Project” section of this blog.

~Christine Aden

Closing in on the crane goal

A student worker tries desperately to rescue our largest crane from the jaws of the library's resident dinosaur.

I am delighted to announce that we have been able to hang 823 cranes in the Circulation department.  The majority are hanging from the ceiling, but there are a few (like the enormous crane pictured) which are simply on display.  Please make it a point to stop by and help us reach our goal of 1000 before the end of term!

~Christine Aden

Cranes take flight in the library

382 paper cranes float above the Circulation desk. Can we make it to 1000 by the end of Spring term?

Our crane project has truly taken flight, as nearly 400 cranes now hover over the Circulation department.

Our Circulation students have been very busy making additional paper cranes.  One of our student workers has even begun making whole families of cranes from our recycled book jackets.

 

However, we still have a long way to go to reach our goal of 1000.    If you would like to help us out, please stop by the 2nd floor Circulation desk for paper and instructions.

~Christine

Cranes hover over Circulation

Learning how to make paper cranes

If you’ve been in the library recently, you might have noticed a growing flock of cranes hanging around the Circulation desk. 

The paper crane project was inspired by one of our student workers, who shared with us the story of Sadako.  Since October, Circulation students have made over 300 paper cranes – but we’d love to reach 1000 before the end of the school year.

If you would like to help us out, stop by the Circulation desk for a book cover and instruction on how to form the paper cranes.