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post #1 of 9
6/24/02 at 3:04pm
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What ever happened to the days when you had to be quiet in them?

I go into my local library, and you got FUCKING KIDS RUNNING AROUND SCREAMING AT THE TOP OF THEIR LUNGS. And the parents DON'T CONTROL THEM. It's a goddamn library, for christssake. You are supposed to be quiet.

And then the fucking elderly who sit there and fucking critize every single movie in the collection because their Christian sensiblities were offended by them. I don't need to know what offends you, lady, here's a nice glass of shut the fuck up.

When I run my library it is going to be SILENT. No talking. None. Otherwise, you're OUT. Go now, goodbye, No books for you!

Okay, I'm done ranting. I fucking hate the state of the modern library.
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post #2 of 9
6/24/02 at 3:09pm
Well, I know that at my local libraries there are reading rooms where you have to be quiet. But there is also a cafe, where talking is encouraged. And I think that's great - the stuffy silent library keeps people out.

Libraries should be community centers, where people can come together and have a nice time, not some temple to stodginess.
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post #3 of 9
6/24/02 at 4:23pm
I just happily tell them to:

SHUT THE FUCK UP, I"M READING HAMLET!
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post #4 of 9
6/24/02 at 4:44pm
I think there should be talking, definitely, but no screaming or other such shenanigans. Talking, though, because what do good books spawn other than discussion?
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post #5 of 9
6/24/02 at 4:48pm
Especially if it's a good book about Halle Berry?
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post #6 of 9
6/24/02 at 4:50pm
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Especially if it's a good book about Halle Berry?
Especially.
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post #7 of 9
6/24/02 at 4:55pm
My local library is incredible. When I was a kid, my grandmother lived about a block away from it. Every weekend, we would walk there and rent about a dozen movies and books. They had all the 'normal' movies that you would see at a library (I.E. Disney movies, documentaries, and old Capra style stuff), but they also had a huge collection of Universal horror. From the age of nine to eleven, I got to see damn near everything Universal horror put out. Not only that, but they had a small selection of obscure cult flicks. Imagine being twelve years old and watching fucking SPIDER BABY with your seventy-three year old grandma. Not only that, but stuff like "The Elephant Man" and "A Clockwork Orange" were there too. And the librarian was an old gray haired lady who was basically the female equivalent of the 'Scary German Guy' from The Monster Squad. Cool as shit. If I remember correctly, it was her that recommended I watch the Anthony Hopkins classic "Magic" at about thirteen years old.
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post #8 of 9
6/24/02 at 5:06pm
The Milwaukee County library system is responsible for about 3/4s of the burned CDs I have (which is lots). For that alone, it rules. For the fact that I'm friends with an employee who erases my late fees, it rules more.

I could care less about noise level.
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post #9 of 9
6/24/02 at 8:20pm
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I could care less about noise level.
I've never considered the noise level to be troublesome at the central branch - lots of bustle, but not anything out of bounds; the special room for the children's collection may keep most of the kids out of the main areas.

I also think a library doesn't necessarily need to be tomblike in its silence; soft voices, not whispers.
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