This place has definitely gone down hill! Or maybe I have just got older...
I practically lived in here when I did my degree 02 - 05.
Am now doing an Open University course, an am able to use the facilities of the library.
The facilities are still the same, and they have an extensive range of books, but they could do with more people on "patrol". It was definitely quieter in my day!
Wanting a bit of quiet space for some study, I went to the "quiet area, single study only". Most people were hanging round in groups chatting. Heard some very loud conversations from the other end of the room about what people had been up to the night before. When I was there before, there were a lot of staff that would have had words for people being that noisy, but nothing happened. I am but one person, I was not about to challenge groups of 6 + gobby students!
Plus, it was freezing! Yes I know it is cold at the moment, but i had my snowboarding base layers on under my jeans, 2 jumpers and a hoody, but I still had to keep my coat on in there it was that cold.
Did my studying today in the pub as it was quieter than the library! read more