Library bookcart winners announced

By Mallory Stiles
Editor in Chief

The 2024 LCC library bookcart naming contest has come to a close and the winners have been named. The contest began this past March and was open to the entire LCC community.

Library Help Zone Employee Aubrey Johnson said she had a lot of fun organizing the contest, and even entered a few names herself.

“It’s going to add something to my day,” Johnson said. “It’s going to bring a small smile to my face when I see the ones that I named, but it is also going to bring a little bit of lightness and fun to the space.”

The winning names are as follows:

• Dolly Carton
• Cart2-D2
• Carti B
• Cart Simpson
• The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Library
• Mario Cart
• Cart Me Up, Scotty
• Achille’s Wheel
• Carty McFly
• Shelvis Presley
• Cart Cobain
• Cart Dracula
• Es Cart Go
• Lord Voldecart
• Wheely Dan
• Agatha Cartsie
• Hot Wheels
• Cartasaurus Rex
• Dewey Decimator
• Jean-Luc Picart
• Ride & Prejudice
• Cart Garfunkel
• Cart Vader
• Napoleon Bonacarte
• One Cart to Rule Them All
• Wheels of Fortune
• Magna Carta
• The Great Cartsby
• The Tell-Tale Cart
• A Bookcart Named Desire
• A Cart by Any Other Name
• Cart of Darkness
• Leonardo DiCartrio
• Salvador Trolley
• Shelf Control
• Shelf Silverstein
• Wagon Ball Z
• Ziggy Cart-Dust
• Buddy Trolley
• We Are Borg

Johnson said if things were up to her, she would make the cart-naming contest annual event. To her, a library full of kids is a sign of great hope for Lansing’s future.

“It means the future generation will still be into books,” she said. “The fact that there is still a space that they can come and get physical books is a good thing for the community.”

Library Communication Specialist Abby Tebeau would like it known that the library, located in the TLC building on LCC’s main campus, will have a few new things in it this fall, including a craft room and a library of things.