A letter from a reader of Lavanguardia.es remarks on how noisy the local library is, and how little librarians do to quiet noisy patrons (and yet one once told her to take her water bottle off the table and put it on the floor. Her name is ESTHER ESCRIBANO PADILLA.
[my own translations]
One comment on her letter is from Brasil: "arturo | 18/03/2008, 15:00 | parnamirim | brasil - "Esto es un fenómeno generalizado en Catalunya y que tiene su origen en los sistemas educativos impuestos últimamente en donde eso de la disciplina y el esfuerzo es una antiqualla. Es por eso que las bibliotecas van evolucionando a ludotecas." It's a general phenomenon in Catalonia that has its origin in educational systems recently imposed where discipline and effort are antiquated. That is why libraries are evolving into noise-ries [sic].
Another is: "Creo que confundís las bibliotecas con apuntotecas, las bibliotecas son centros culturales y de referencia con el objetivo del fomento de la lectura y de la Cultura en general, y en muchas ocasiones la cultura no es silenciosa. Creo que necesitais Salas de estudios, no bibliotecas. Saludos." I think you confuse libraries with private rooms [sic], libraries are cultural and reference centers with the objective [purpose] of promoting reading and culture in general, and in many cases culture isn't quiet. I think you need study halls, not libraries. Cheers.
And one from Barcelona itself: "Suscribo las palabras de Esther. Yo he dejado de ir a la Sofia Barat de Barcelona por el ruido: conversaciones, móviles, ipods a todo trapo, aporrear de teclados de portátiles...una delicia para la concentración y el estudio. Y sin que nadie ponga apenas coto a tales prácticas. Una pena, pues la labor de las bibliotecas públicas es encomiable."
I subscribe to Esther's words. I've stopped going to Sofia Barat de Barcelona (library branch) because of the noise: conversations, cellphones, iPods in all rag [?], the clicking of laptop keyboards ... [something detrimental] to concentration and study. And that noone stop such behaviors. A shame, for the work of public libraries is commendable
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