Librarians used to monitor such behavior, reminding people to be quiet and setting good examples themselves. Nowadays, librarians lead people through the stacks as if they were sales people at the grocery store, chatting loudly as they go.
Hansen "loves" quiet. but gives people opening candy wrappers at symphony concerts a brief grace period and will only shush people once a movie begins. Talking is OK during the previews.
She goes on to say that:
her full "wrath" is reserved for library-quiet abusers. When did the library turn into the local coffee shop? One man comes into our library and sets up as if it's his own, private office space. That's fine, if you're reading, writing or even typing on your computer nonstop. But his work entails talking on the phone nonstop, for hours on end.
Stories of people setting up personal "office space" or another individual who enjoys a tub of cottage cheese and pineapple in the while sitting at a desk in the library are including
Also, she isn't happy with library tours and tutorials.
More examples are included in the column including what she sees and hears in the periodical section.
Hansen concludes:
Librarians used to monitor such behavior, reminding people to be quiet and setting good examples themselves. Nowadays, librarians lead people through the stacks as if they were sales people at the grocery store, chatting loudly as they go.
And the future doesn't look promising. Just this morning our lead librarian brought two new staff members through, pointing out areas of the library. "This," she boomed, "is the quiet reading area."
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