At our LL's meeting on Tuesday we had some discussion on noise levels - particularly with mobile phones - within the library, and I'm sure everyone else has been talking about this at other meetings too. Is it mean and grumpy and old-fashioned of us to expect our students to be quiet in the library??

A recent (and quite humorous) editorial in the L.A Times newspaper has some interesting insights from US librarians, and one quite disgruntled patron, on noise levels in their public libraries. You'll find it at http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-miller10apr10,0,5788238.story. Perhaps our students aren't the worst offenders!

Jennifer