smilingjaws wrote:
I don’t think courting and smooching would make much noise – unless you’re talking about the grunting and moaning that comes afterward. 
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I’m glad to know I’m not the only person who has a thing about this! At least I’m not alone.
I do confront people and ask them to be quiet. Sometimes it works, sometimes you get cussed out.
But it’s very hard to ask the library reference staff to lower their voices–some of them are very nice and use low voices–others can be heard all over the library. Maybe the problem isn’t that the patron is hard of hearing but that the library staff is hard of hearing from the continuous noise in the library.
Y’know… in thinking about this, maybe we’re going about it all wrong. We want our kids to learn to love books, love reading, etc. So maybe we shouldn’t treat our libraries like some reverential church where the kids are forced to sit and squirm and keep quiet. Maybe that’s one way that we teach them that books are no fun.
The library in my hometown had a kid’s section that was acoustically isolated from the adult section, and a LOT of laughing and playing was tolerated there. I spent many happy afternoons in that library.
Sure, it’s hard to accidentally check out a book, but I have had some annoying experiences with libraries. When I was in fourth grade, I was wrongly accused of checking out a book, I refused to go home and tell my mother that I needed money to pay for the book, and was stupid enough to vocalize this to the librarian. I was subsequently “pink slipped” and sent to the principals office. My father got in an argument with half the administration over the book, although I was eventually vindicated when another kid turned in the book. I recently checked out a book from Penrose Library at Denver University, and when I returned it, the librarian refused to check the book back in immediately and made me put it into the book drop. Low and behold, about one week later, they send me a notice for $20. Right now they are saying they want $70 for the book which can be purchased on www.bn.com for about $17.50 http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=6GDYCTN6NA&mscssid=BQGPCVKKFSSH2MX50017QUW4XBLNDC69&pcount=0&srefer=&isbn=0816632421 . Does anyone know if you are allowed to turn in a brand-new book without the library tag on it in exchange for the overpriced fines?
You know, doing what is right is easy. The problem is knowing what is right.
–Lyndon B. Johnson
At this particular library, the official policy on replacing a lost book with a personally-purchased copy is ‘no’. However, as with most of our policies, we can probably work something out with you.
LYNN! Fix this
freaking thread!
I won’t and you can’t make me! Seriously, I thought about fixing it, but I’m scared to tamper with the URL. If I insert a line break, the URL breaks, right?
Lynn/SDStaff Lynn
Administrator, NOT tech!
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>I could say nasty things over here!!
And another thing, people who “donate” moldy/mildewed books should be shot.
No, JString, donors of mildewed, roach infested book should not be shot.
They should be slowly flayed with a rusty lid of a tuna fish can, castrated (if appropriate), and towed naked over a gravel road from the bumper of a Ford Escort.
With a gentle, chilling smile,
Veb
Who says you can’t kick people out of a library because it’s a public place?
The city can do with it’s property whatever the voters tell it to do. For example the public pool in my city is usually restricted to adults. There’s no law saying citizens must have access to public property.