Reading in Library !!!

@akp100 (13640)
India
December 23, 2010 7:36am CST
hello friends Today when i was going to my office i stopped near one library with my friend. I seen their some student were reading their. My friend told me that they are preparing for their exam.. But i guess Library is ideal place for reading. But its just opposite for me.. Now i don't read more. But when i was in college I never tried for reading in any library. I guess i can't read in more silent place. How about you. Are you regular library reader.. Do you can maintain silent as you are not allowed to be loud their. If i go for any library with friends i can't stop me talking with them.
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@gunagohan (3414)
• India
23 Dec 10
i am of the same type... I never found myself reading in a library.. Even if i go to a library , i just take a book and go home and read.. If i go out to any library with my friends i just end up talking with them and the library officials would end up shouting at us please maintain silence.. But, lately i developed the habit of reading books in library.. But the thing is the Libraries are away from my house , that i have to travel more distance to reach them !!!
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@gunagohan (3414)
• India
23 Dec 10
i was sick these days...Now feeling better.... Help me turning red .... And regarding libraries, i feel like being lost when i sit in a library, because everybody will be in silent mode just reading... I always want to be in an active environment !!!
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
Oh.. hope you are well now.. Don't worry about yellowone i already done Yes even i don't like silent environment for long. So i prefer to read at home.
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
hi guna... see you after long time. Thats good that you are developing your habit with books and libraries.. Keep doing it and you will be in habit.. For me i am not that good in reading book. May be some time i go for it. so Library is not the place i like to stay more. Just like you take book and go for home.
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@sunnycool (12714)
• India
23 Dec 10
I used to spend lots of time in my college library --- few days searching for my academic text books and the rest of the days to chat with others especially with my ...... .That used to be really coool . I have never been to library to read or prepare for my exams exclusively though.Well i had my share of enjoyment in there...unforgettable .great day.
@sunnycool (12714)
• India
23 Dec 10
He used to be a little liberal with me lol unlike his "pain in the neck" approach towards others.he never allowed us to shout or talk a little louder though.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
And what make him liberal with you !!!!
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
Thats the great and i guess unique way of using library.. Well it will be nice to visit library for this purpose if we don't face any strict sir in library.. In our time we having very strict sir to watch over students in library.. So mostly students go their for study purpose only..
@hora_fugit (5862)
• India
23 Dec 10
I loved to go to libraries. Especially when I was in school. But now all I have left is our college library... last place for me to go. Really hard to study in that environment. Even those who go there seldom study. The library is full only with people who want to access wi-fi services. My room is better for study. I feel sleepy here too, but napping is not barred here, at least.
• India
23 Dec 10
When I study with my friends, we all get very silent and involved. Only condition: it must not be library. Otherwise all the other people get really disturbed by our concentration.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
well thats why we were choosing college terrace for study purpose rather than college library..
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
Well i don't used to study in library.. but if i will get facility of wifi i will be the one who visit it regularly.. well i can't read in too much silence.. I mean i like to study with friends with other chatting involved..
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@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
23 Dec 10
I haven't been to a library for many years I don't read as much as I should either. I can't remember the last time that I read a book from beginning to end and that is my bad! When I was yo9unger I would go to the library and get a book and take it home. I would not stop off and study in the library. There were toomany distractions, eventhough it was quiet. I preferred the silnce of my room for studying. Maybe going to the library is another thing that I shuold add to my 'to do' list for when I will be on the pension in a few years time. Gosh I am going to be busy then I can see!
@mysdianait (66009)
• Italy
23 Dec 10
The mind boggles as to what the 'different purpose' mioght be Are you using it as a cushion while you sit at your computer to make you see the screen better? I would not go for study related books either but I ought to get back to reading some novels. They keep the mind active and once I get old(er) that is the only exercise that I will be getting I fear (apart from using my fingers to type!).
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
How do you know?? ha ha i mean the different purpose is related with computer but its not like the way you mentioned.. My laptop is heating more these days. I guess its hot air is not passing form down side.. So i used to put that novel at bottom so its hot air can pass away.. yes i guess your fingers not need any extra care
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@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
About not completing book.. I recently taken a novel from my sister and completed its 30 to 40 pages.. And now i am using it for different purpose.. Well I guess i would not like to add library in my 'to do' list.. As I completed my studies no need to go their for study related books and about novels and other books i rarely read them and not complete them either..
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@thanks1961 (7035)
• India
24 Dec 10
Hi dear, Even though it is not allowed, I used to have lunch from our library only. We have 5-7 other staff along with the librarian and the asst. librarian and few friends every day sit in the library and have lunch and we used to speak (as it is the lunch time). We just turn back the SCILENCE board and even do speak also. But it is a default setting of library that no one should speak loudly or distract concentration. As this is a fact, people who read or study at any circumstances may feel suffocation in such environment. Also, where I worked earlier, it was a University and the library was a big area. The librarian was so strict and she never allowed anyone to make any kind of noise. Mainly because of this reason, only those who prefer to study in such a deadly silence only used to sit and study in the library and all other girls used to come out of the place and read. However, I think having silence in the library is preferable because, if we allow people to speak and chat, it really alert others who prefer discipline and silence. Thank-s
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
Yes its totally true. Due to some people no one should allow little chatting in library. As no one are same so some people mostly go for library for concentrating on their reading. So better we don't create any kind of noise.. thats the reason i mostly avoid libraries.. As i can't stay silent for long so mostly i avoid library. By the way you were eating in library.. Thats really rare case.
• India
27 Dec 10
Hi dear, It is our office library and at lunch time nobody will be there for any kind of reading or referencing purposes. Once the lunch time is over, it is ready for all purposes. In fact we are not misusing the area but sit together on the round table and have food. Even though we got a cafeteria, it may be full and many people are having food at their own desk places. As we are doing it for a period of time, and we 5-6 people are sitting on different floors of the same building, we will get some time to mingle and for a small talk even. We are very much cautious that having lunch in the library is not annoyed any one and we keep all the disciplinary rules there after the lunch break. Thank-s
@akp100 (13640)
• India
27 Dec 10
Thats really good that you make sure that you are not disturbing to anyone..
• Netherlands
23 Dec 10
I think libraries are a great place for reading, but not for me! I always move on my chair or just cough sometimes, and I'm always hoping that no-one heard me or that it was like really loud (which it probably even wasn't). I just get embarrassed for no reason, cause I think I'm making way more noise than I actually am. I prefer just reading at home when no-one's around.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
ha ha... Thats because of too much silence.. Well even i don't enjoy library that much.. so i prefer to take book at home. I have never tried for reading in library but surely i can't read alone and in too much silence..
• Netherlands
23 Dec 10
Hehe yeah I guess so! Well I can only read in silence if I'm sure I'm the only one around, so I won't be irritating anyone else. ALso, there isn't really a library near my house, so I reather just stay home and read :).
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
In that case better stay at home for reading..
@Hatley (163781)
• Garden Grove, California
24 Dec 10
akp hi I use the library a lot as I used to work there and know all a library has to offer. I read there and take out books and use a lot ot their facilities too like the computer lab
@akp100 (13640)
• India
25 Dec 10
That really great Hatley.. Thats good that you are used to of reading and library with all its features.. I am not used to of reading. I mean i like it but whenever i take any novel for reading i never complete it. So mostly i stay away from libraries.
• United States
24 Dec 10
I would rather read in a different area, now if the library had couches for me to lie down on I would spend more time there. There is a security guard at our library and if you get too loud she will kindly ask you to quiet down. The other day a person's cell phone rang and she came over and told them to silence it. The guy was kinda stunned but it does say to silence your cell in big letter when you enter the library.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
25 Dec 10
Yes mostly all libraries having that kind of boards to maintain silence. Well i really don't like that much silence during reading so mostly i prefer to reading something at home surrounding my family members or friends.
• Philippines
23 Dec 10
I used to hang out at the library but i rarely study there. I hang out there to be with friends, to play laptop games, or just chat with whoever. Although there were times when i'm forced to do my assignments there coz the books that are available are there and i don't wanna spend money on a book just for a single assignment. I'm not an avid reader of comprehensive books of math and the like so you also can't expect me to pick up a book and read during my free time. I'd rather spend it with friends or just sleep.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
Sleeping !! Are libraries that boring.. Well i never tried to read in any library. But surely i would not like to try that.. As I am not regular reader. By the way you go library to play laptop games... Here in library only books are available to hang out.
• Philippines
25 Dec 10
Of course we bring our own laptops. There are computers available in my school library but those are only used to search specific books.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
25 Dec 10
oh yes... own laptops are allowed in most libraries..
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
23 Dec 10
Hi AKP, College Library? I even dont know if we had one at our college when I was studying... Ok, we did have but I never knew and never went in at least to read. For me, College was more on the outside than the premises. I used to read just for the exam period and the rest of the time, it was learning and fun outside... no books - just real life lessons. I think they did shape my life right... MERRY CHRISTMAS Cheers, theSids
@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
23 Dec 10
We were rarely on the building... When we were studying, there was a lot of development work that we started out for the campus - got sanctioned a park (where we could play cricket most of the time, get through the canteen set up if it rained, we needed a place to hang out, then organize fests and get togethers - today they call welcome parties and blah blah). On weekends, it was social service, getting medical checkups for the slum people etc. Oh yes, Movies... We almost watched one per day. Great times indeed. Where was the time to read out those thick and fat books
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
I guess college life is similar for mostly all.. We always used to bunk college for movies.. And yeah mostly all students like to stay in the canteen during classes.. So lots of fun. We used to rush for studies only during exam weeks.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
23 Dec 10
Its just like me.. During my college days I never went for college library.. And when other friends were asking for my card to take book i had to say them no as I just misplace my library card during first week of college start. We just used to read books during exam time.. And also not in the library.. we were used to read at college terrace.. And we have completed all 8 semester like that.. There were great days that i can never forgot..
@pokumon (644)
• United States
24 Dec 10
I've utilized the library several times but it's not a habit of mine. I prefer to study in my room although I've been known to read by the fireplace in the lounge as well. There are study rooms at our libraries that we can check out and I've utilized them for group projects. I am tempted to fall asleep at libraries because it's so quiet but normally I fall asleep in bed because I like to read while lying down.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
25 Dec 10
I was used to read like that during my college days and yeah had sleep many times on bed during reading. Yes library having too much quite environment which is best for reading but unfortunately i don't feel comfortable with such place. So i don't read their.
@dibs2010 (132)
• India
24 Dec 10
Very nice. this is a very good thinking. i am also a same thinking person. i also do not read when i am in collage. collage is for fun, dating with girls. hoooo girls. they are just a wonderful gift of god for the boy's.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
ha ha Is that your reason why you don't go for libraries..
• United States
24 Dec 10
Sometimes its a bit part of both. Yes sometimes I love reading in a library and at other times I don't. If i have a group project with my friends, you know I love going to the library getting a table and just reading and discussing with my friends, this is the only time I love being and going to read at the library.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
Well in that case i would love to stay in library with friends too.. But some librarian don't allow to discuss things in library.. And thats what kind of my college library was.. So mostly i avoid it.
@anitoton (389)
• Kolkata, India
24 Dec 10
oh my god,during my school and and college time i used to just hate the environment of library.what a silent place even you can hear your heartbit..i cant read on that place.but if you talk about reading story book then i must say that now i read some story booksin library.but study in library never..
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
ha ha.. yes thats the concept.. There is too much silence their, i really can't stay that much silent. About reading story books yes i like to .. but thats the different thing that i can't complete much longer books. And i still I would like to read those books at home rather than library.
@albert2412 (1782)
• United States
23 Dec 10
The library offers many resources for reading and for study. We should be considerate of other people who go to the library to read. It is hard to concentrate with people talking close to you. Talking in the library is very inconsiderate of other people.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
Well thats why i generally avoid libraries.. As i know i can't stay silent for more time so i will surely chat with other in library too. So i choose not to read their. I go their rarely and just for taking books purpose.
@saizo6 (2199)
• United States
24 Dec 10
I used to always go to the library to read. But that was when I actually had time to do that. Our library had some really comfortable couches and it helped that it was close to my house so I could just walk there. Nowadays, I only go to the library when I really have to. I hate having to drive there.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
Thats good.. In college days i was used to go library for just taking books.. I never completed my reading their.. But yes now it is hard to get time for library from our bush schedule. People go their only when they really needed.. And also mostly all information is available on internet.
@birdie816 (1276)
• United States
23 Dec 10
i used to read in the library. but now that i have somewhat of a life lol, i usually meet friends there since it is close to where i live anyway
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
True friend.. In today's busy life its very hard to get time for visiting library. But surely reading is good habit and we should give time to it from our busy life. Well personally I never tried for reading in library. as i am not well in reading. But i am trying to change my habit.
@cssiduyz (1053)
• Indonesia
24 Dec 10
I am not so happy with the situation in the library because I was not familiar with the atmosphere is quiet. I prefer to read in place of mediocrity with friends. because it is more convenient for me.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
That what I feel too. Even i can not read their.. I always liked to study with my friends in exams during my college days.. I never went for library.. And even i had tried for it i couldn't read their.
• United States
24 Dec 10
I find the most quiet at home.. A lot of parents can't keep their kids under control in a library so instead of having piece and quiet it's usually like a playground.
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
well I guess library is the best place for study purpose.. But yes it depend on child or persona's nature.. as I can't feel well in reading library.. So its totally depends on nature of person.
• Philippines
24 Dec 10
If I like to review in the library, I should be alone. If I am with my friends, I tend to talk to them or sleep. ^^
@akp100 (13640)
• India
24 Dec 10
Is that mean you like library or like to stay out with friends ???