Re: [LM_NET] TARGET: The horrible echo in my "new" library

[Joy Helmold <helmold@SNET.NET>]

 I have wood and cement walls. It is
> HORRIBLE for noise in
> here.  I have space for 3 classes to come in at
> once, and when large
> groups come in for book checkout, I can't STAND it. 
> It is almost shocking
> how loud it is.

Dear Staci,

I just had my moldy old carpet replaced with tile in a
library with stone walls and a two-story-high wooden
ceiling.  I bought a yacker tracker for the kids to
use to judge the appropriate noise level.  We were in
the hall the first four weeks of schools - so
practiced with the tracker in the hall - even classes
passing by used it to judge noise level.  Works well
with elementary - don't know how middlers would be
with it.  I had one parent who wanted to buy one for
home!

Joy


Joy B. Helmold, Teacher-Librarian
Cranston Public Schools
Cranston, RI, USA
helmold@snet.net
jbhelmold@cpsed.net

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