No Howling in the Library Please

stevenj writes “Most librarians are realizing that some chatter in the library can be a good thing, given that those who seek silence have a place where it can be found. But some librarians are just not ready for howling in the library. Seems the students at Utah State University want to be allowed to conduct group howling in the library as a stress reliever. “Students want to vent all that pressure,” said Linda Wolcott, USU vice provost for libraries. “I sympathize with them. I’m just not sure the library is the most appropriate place to do it.” Find this story at: heraldextra.com“

January 31, 2007 by Librarians Libraries

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3 Responses

  1. Samantha says:
    January 31, 2007 at 10:34 pm

    we did this at my school
    At my undergrad institution there was a tradition of howling for 15 minutes, I think, on reading day at some predetermined time. I don’t ever recall anyone doing it in the library, however. It was a good stress reliever, but it seemed to have been dying out at my school by the time I graduated. Maybe it’s time for a comeback?

  2. dessertflower says:
    January 31, 2007 at 11:18 pm

    Howling
    We need to institute a daily staff howl at my branch before we open or after we close–or both!

  3. sarahmae says:
    February 1, 2007 at 7:57 am

    Re:we did this at my school
    We had something similar. There were 23 hour quiet hours during finals week, so 9-10 was dubbed “loud hour” with all requisite loud activities taking place then. We didn’t do them in the library though.

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