A range of New York Public Library patrons makes use of the library's resources. In this clip from Frederick Wiseman’s latest documentary, Ex Libris – The New York Public Library, patrons make use of ...

Editor’s Note: The following column is satirical. It is meant for humorous purposes. All interviews and individuals are fictitious. When I heard the familiar cry of tin foil being ripped off a burrito ...

The buzzing of smartphones, the clacking of computer keys, the chatter of study groups: Academic libraries aren’t the quiet temples to scholarship they used to be. Personal portable technology takes ...

While perusing books to read on the Libby overdrive app, I came across a book that was simply titled “Quiet “by Susan Cain. In a sometimes-hectic world, this seemed appealing. On closer look, its ...

Librarians hate to be depicted as bun- and glasses-wearing shushers, hellbent on silencing any and all noisy activities within their sacred domain. Fair enough: Librarians are highly skilled, ...

THE QUIET VOLUME By Ant Hampton and Tim Etchells Mitchell Library, State Library of NSW, January 7 Until January 25 We look like all the other readers in the Mitchell Library reading room: headphones ...

Enter the glorious Rose Reading Room on the third floor of the New York Public Library on a weekday afternoon, and you'll find almost every chair filled. Scholars and researchers still submit their ...