Here in Cardiff, we have allowed people to eat, drink, use mobile phones, etc - in the new style library as community centre, etc.
Most people seem to like the relaxed atmosphere, although a few still ask for the 'quiet study area' and we don't have one, really.
Internet has also attracted a whole new clientele, and some of the branches occasionally find 'yoof' a bit hard to handle.
Still, we haven't yet needed to hire a bouncer, as the library in Kings Lynn decided to do...see this story in The Daily Mail (and yes, the Mail does like its 'yob culture' stories, so take the tone with a pinch of salt...)
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