Interestingly, a Facebook group that I belong to recently debated the quiet/non-quiet library. The library in question has a pretty awesome children’s area that includes a small slide and childsized padded “holes” in the shelving so children can climb through into the next aisle. It can get pretty noisy in there at times but, the entire children’s section is separate from the rest of the library, almost a separate wing, but there’s no actual dividing wall so the noise probably does carry. There were comments on the Facebook feed to the effect that the slide and holes in the shelves were inappropriate and unnecessary – I found the level of dissatisfaction expressed quite interesting. I tend to agree with Stacey – if it’s not my kid, I don’t hear a thing 🙂