Sobre las falsas expectativas de silencio en las bibliotecas = Sobre les falses expectatives de silenci a les biblioteques
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- Get away from the image of the library as a study room, a place where students only go during exam time so as not to reappear during the rest of the year. It is necessary to accommodate other social demands, other librarian desires: to position the library as the new agora of the town, a space in which citizens can meet, share, create community. A place where culture (books) is no longer passively consumed, but where people work together and collaborate to create knowledge (co-create, as they say in library jargon), where generations recognize and interact, in which everyone is given the opportunity to hear your voice. And, for all this, it is clear that silence does not seem the most appropriate: it is necessary to break with the stereotype of a public library as if it were a medieval monastery. No, libraries no longer want to be temples of silence. They are demands that we share. The public library must change, as it has always been doing, and must respond to other demands and other uses. But changes always involve interesting nuances to explore, nuances that can say a lot about how librarians view themselves and their role as cultural professionals. In this article, we'll explore some of those nuances when it comes to the subject of silence.