[Publib] Background music

[K.G. Schneider]

> On the other paw, I've worked at Borders Books, where there is always
> music playing--and it's rarely music I like, and all too frequently music
> that gets stuck in my head. 

Having recently had to deprogram myself from a jag of hearing Paul Anka's
"Having My Baby" in my head, I agree, that's the main point (though
inconveniencing hearing-challenged staff and users is another). I mean, if
you can figure out how patrons can magically opt to only hear what they want
to hear without anyone else being bothered by it... that would be a cool
science-fiction touch... you could get a great PLA program out of *that.* 

As playing devices merge with radio/phone devices, broadcasting in the
library is not even out of the realm of possibility; I can see a library
offering music and tours for visitors. 

Dreaming aside, it's the imposition that's at issue here (which is the same
issue with cell phone ringers, yakkers in study areas, etc.).

K.G. Schneider
kgs at freerangelibrarian.com