Today's Daily News has a story about libraries morphing into community centers and becoming more noisy as a result. Gone are the days of a septuagenarian maiden hushing chatty schoolchildren:
At the Brooklyn Heights branch, a reference librarian talked loudly on the phone to a customer. Occasionally, the loudspeaker announcing library events and groups interrupted the pages turning.
What do you think? More importantly, when was the last time you visited the library? After all, the "internet" has been invented…
Photo: King County Law Library
