The Doe Centennial Committee is delighted to offer prizes to these nine entries, and 31 people (and two mummies) for great creativity and high sense of Halloween fun.

Prize winners! Look for an email from Zsuzsu in the next few days about your gift.

Best Use of Another Species Award (or "Soon to Appear through OE"): Lee Ann Titangos

Most Creative Collections-based Costumes: Lori Hines, Lara Michels, Michele Morgan, Beth Shippey, David Uhlich, and Tessa Updike.

We can't duplicate this! See the costumes at Alter Egos! Here's their clue to the trick ... or treat!:

Most archivists arrange, describe and preserve their collections. This is simply not enough for the S.F. Examiner?s print staff, who have taken the extra step for this special Halloween post, and have ?become? their collection! Choosing favorite photographs from the million-odd prints available, six Regatta staff members are seen below posing to replicate their subjects.

Most Likely To be Sued for Copyright Infringement: (back row) Desi Gallardo, Laurie Pangelina, Susan Wong, Jitka Horavova, Judy Deliramich, (front) Vah Bafadaro and Juana Loza

Best Integration with Subject Specialty Collections: Quyen To Huynh, Jessica Townsend, and Phillip Tu

Most Life-affirming Day of the Dead Altar:  Elva Denisse Martinez, Diana Vergil, and Alison Wannamaker

Most Convincing Halloween Spirit (especially impressive from people who are refrigerated all day): , Lynn Wong, Ginny Moon, Dick Vance, NRLF Mummy, Jeanette Kalchik, Jutta Wiemhoff, Minh Giang, Melissa Wong

Best Artisanal, Handmade and Atmospheric Decor: Kristine Choi

Kristine recycled broken red rubber bands to make the bridge, and the spiders were hung with used tattle tape backings.

Best, Witch, Liveliest Staff Members and Most Mummified Mummy:Judith Weeks, Tony Sucheston, Kate Phillips... and oh, yes, and Mr. Mummy!

Spookiest and Most Encompassing Halloween Decorations: Tyler Crooks (and cohort)

Each year we note with admiration that many units of The Library slip into a new look on or about October 31.

The Doe Centennial Celebration Committee offers prizes to any library employee and workplace for the Halloween costume(s) or workplace decoration(s) that best captures the spirit needed for a new century of vibrant libraries at Cal.

Send to the Committee photos or videos of people and places that make up this year?s celebrations. Get your images in by midnight November 1 for judging Wednesday November 2. Email individual images as attachments or, if you?d rather put them up your own site, send that link to gford (a) library.berkeley.edu by midnight November 1.

-- Tom Leonard

When asked, "What was a recent book you borrowed from the Library, and why?" our patrons revealed their desire for language, history, science, art and backyard chickens.