“What if we took a place known for being quiet and made it loud?”

To be fair libraries are very active places, there are plenty of quiet spaces in most of them. Why can’t we accommodate everyone? We aren’t talking pumping music, just basic conversation, which already happens.

If it gets too loud, there’s always the quiet places for people that want more peace ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

We aren’t talking pumping music…

YOU may not be but I guarantee that within the first 60 minutes at least three people are going to try and subject everyone to their taste in music.

Be honest, how long has it been since you’ve been in a public library?

Since I’m a Technical Consultant for my local library I can honestly say I was in one just last week. In fact I’m logged into their system right now making some adjustments to their public access computers. I know what patrons are doing when they think no one is looking and I know exactly what would happen if Libraries were open late so people could lounge around.

Many libararies are already employing Security Staff to keep things under control during regular hours and there is no reason to think that it get any better ‘after dark’ so to speak.

So you work offsite, rarely visit, and are making sweeping judgements on how patrons you don’t even see or interact with would be behaving in a hypothetical scenario?

Lol.

the part where logging in to a computer remotely is apparently as good as visiting a place fucking sent me. this is what being online 24/7 does to a person.

Reviewing the actual logs which collect data over long periods is more reliable.

Btw where the fuck did they say that they never visited the place? For all we know they have worked for the library onsite for months or even years.

this is what being online 24/7 does to a person.

Yeah, I know what you mean…