[Publib] background music

[Jennie J. Stoltz]

In my last life I used to manage a book store and we played music non-stop - mostly new age (it was the 80s) and film soundtracks.  We had so many people asking what was playing that we eventually started selling CDs and did pretty well (we couldn't keep the soundtrack for the movie "The Mission" in stock).  Having said that though - but of course in a library people sometimes read or study here (rather than just browse though people do that too) and some people (myself included) can't concentrate with music playing.  If it's good music I start to focus on the music, if it's music I don't like I start to fixate on how annoying the music is.   

Jennie J. Stoltz
Director
Pewaukee Public Library
Pewaukee, Wisconsin
(262) 691-5670, ext. 20
(262) 691-5673 fax

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----- Original Message -----
From: Eva Gaydon <egaydo at tds.lib.mn.us>
Date: Monday, March 17, 2008 5:15 pm
Subject: [Publib] background music
To: publib at webjunction.org


> Music is such a personal choice...and everyone taste is so 
>  different.  I personally have played music at the library during the 
> 
>  holidays.  Never a complaint.  What usually happens is you can't 
>  decide on a type of music that will appeal to a wide audience, so you 
> 
>  choose elevator music and that's not good for anyone.
>  
>  Could could just take requests..but I don't know what you would do 
>  when Patron Bob comes and asks to listen to AC/DC.  And you know he will.
>  
>  Eva Gaydon
>  Library Director
>  Blue Earth Community Library
>  507-526-5012
>  
>  
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