We have live music on Second Saturdays, we talk above a whisper, we let study groups meet around the library...
and we especially like kid noise.
Adults are quieter about their satisfaction with the library. They say please and thank you, they smile, they stroll through the stacks.
Kids, on the other hand, will EXPRESS their appreciation for the library. I love to stand at the desk and watch kids dashing by on their way to the children's library. They call out things like "Story time!" "Trains!" "Spiderman!". They rarely whisper. They throw themselves on the floor enthusiastically to see the lowest shelf. They pull books off shelves hungrily until they have a stack they can barely lift. They giggle, they shout, they ask questions.
Now here are some people who really enjoy the library! This is what it's here for: to make you smile with satisfaction when you find just what you were looking for. Or perhaps stumble upon something you never knew you needed.
So be patient with loud kids in the library. We want this to be a place that builds them up, not shuts them up.
Laura
On behalf of the ACL
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