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 was always under the impression the “living room” on the fifth floor of the central library was meant to be reasonably quiet, yet every time I’ve been there it’s been just as noisy as the rest of the incredibly noisy library. People speaking loudly on their phone, constant camera shutters from teams of unoriginal wannabe instagram influencers, people having conversations everyone can hear, etc. Is there seriously nowhere in the library with comfortable seating that you can expect a reasonable noise level? Just seems more than a bit ironic that a library is so inhospitable to people who are actually trying to read. — Detective Bookman
This article appears in Jan 16-22, 2020.
Your impressions are wrong and outdated. More and more, public libraries are becoming community spaces for all, rather than quiet places to sit and read. This is especially true of Central, which was designed with this change in mind. Some areas are quieter than others, but this is no area in the branch that is specifically labelled as such. It’s a hard change for some people, but going by the way you seem to be judging people you don’t know, maybe the real issue is how you relate to others in public settings. Perhaps you should work on that at home first.
12 folks hate change. Good for them.
Hahahahahaha!!!! Welcome to 2020!
That place isn’t a library. It’s a community centre.