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August 15, 2006
A place to read or work
A public library is a place you can go to sit, read and, if you wish work quietly and privately.
So a good library needs seats that are comfortable and clean and working space that is practical, dignifed and a bit solitary.
I wish libraries would not place all their desks together so that people are crammed and have no space to themselves. I have just been in two libraries in which I would have felt uncomfortable to sit and work.
Similarly I wish libraries wouldn't put all their internet stations together and on desks that have no space for papers or books.
Posted by Tim Coates at August 15, 2006 2:26 PM
Comments
I agree completely - with the emphasis on quietly.
Posted by: Clare at August 15, 2006 4:22 PM
which two libraries were these, Tim?
Posted by: Bill Neve at August 15, 2006 7:35 PM
Bill
Forgive me if I don't name them. It would hurt the people who work in them who most certainly won't be responsible the layout and design of the premises. May I just call them the libraries of Dum and Glum,?
Tim
Posted by: Tim Coates at August 16, 2006 10:44 AM