[Publib] Background music in libraries (and elsewhere)

[Linda Ballard]

As Karen said "You can bring your own noise to the library..but you can't
bring quiet."   That is it in a nutshell.  Some people are driven completely
out of shopping areas from October to January by non-stop renditions of "The
Little Drummer Boy" and "Have a Jolly, Holly Christmas."  My mother's
retirement home has background music in the common areas and I've had "April
Love" stuck in my head for about a week.  Do you really want to drive away a
significant number of people who don't share your taste in music?  "Surplus"
money?  Buy some CDs for the collection!

 

Linda V. Ballard

Director, University City Public Library

6701 Delmar Blvd.

University City MO 63130

314.727.3150; fax, 314.727.6005

 

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