Electronic device free areas in the library

mdebets

Does anybody know what's up with the new Electronic device free areas in the library? Does it mean I can't use my laptop there anymore? That would be stupid.

humbert

sounds strange, where are they. I'm sure there are people who are pissed off with the proliferation of laptops though!

irlrobins

Ddin't see those signs, where are they?

Yea I imagine it's a laptop free zone. Makes sense. Someone tapping away at a keyboard would be very annoying if ur studying.

Wonder if the ban extends to people with their ipods turned up too loud.

mdebets

They are at the end, where the 900 books are.
I find it a little bit unfair, as it robs me off my quiet place. And my laptop is much more quiet than the people aroud me, turining heir pages.

irlrobins

which floor?

Dave!

mdebets wrote:

They are at the end, where the 900 books are.
I find it a little bit unfair, as it robs me off my quiet place. And my laptop is much more quiet than the people aroud me, turining heir pages.

Good point, surely the 'tap' of keys is as problematic as the 'slice' of turning pages...! The keys are almost constant, whereas the pages are every minute or so; but the keys are quieter than the pages

How about a 'book free' area!!! That's where you'd find me most of the time

mdebets

irlrobins wrote:

which floor?

On level 2

blondie83

They have them on level 4 as well - I saw the signs, so made sure to sit in an area with none of them around. Didn't stop the irritating library guy from moving me on though :rolleyes: (That guys had it in for me ever since he caught me in here studying for my leaving cert!)

Riamfada

Thats the most stupid idea I have ever heard. I asked to use one of the reading rooms to use my laptop and they said no . **** it if i dont have internet access I can still do my Essay there.

humbert

I always have my laptop in with me but I can appreciate laptop free zones, it's not just the noise. There's much more chance of someone on a laptop being in the library for reasons other than study which means they're more likely to be a distraction to those who are, bebo, music, showing friends bebo, munching away at food while surfing bebo, being orange while on bebo etc,etc.

Riamfada

What about people turning the pages on their big dirty broadsheet newspapers?

humbert

It's a library, you're gonna have to accept that there'll be people turning pages. Even if they are irritatingly large pages and the reason is recreational, and in their defence they're not on bebo!

Riamfada

What does Bebo in the Library on their computer do to you exactly?

humbert

It pisses me off:p

scop

Its a library for gods sake, personally the tapping of keys is the most annoying aspect of any modern library. From what I can see its half people doing essays half googling what they can plagerise

Riamfada

Its more people complaining for ****ing nothing thats what it is.

scop

Grimes wrote:

Its more people complaining for ****ing nothing thats what it is.

Silence.

Scraggs

Scop...is that short for Libro cop??

Riamfada

1) its the people without laptops complaining in this thread
2) it was the people without cars in the other thread.


Stop Complaining and get on with your own lives!!!!


PS: **** Bebo. It dosnt affect you!!! Stop going on about it

Tayto2000

If you read back, it was those with cars complaining about the lack of spaces in the other thread...

"Its a f**cking disgrace IMO"

"One more thing, if i leave my car at home (miles away tbh) it adds another 2 hours to my journey and im still stuck in traffic."

"It cant cost that much to lay down some tarmac"

Sound familiar?

"Stop Complaining and get on with your own lives!!!!"

Good advice!

pretty*monster

Look, fact is, some people need it to be super quiet when they study.
Why shouldn't the library accommodate them?

It's not as if there aren't still plenty of areas where you can power up the aul' lappy.

humbert

I don't like bebo, though I'll admit I've signed up to it, but my objection to it in the library is very simple, the library is a place where people can go and get peace to study and should be exclusively for study. My experience of bebo in the library is a group of girls crowded around a computer very vocally comment on their bebo experiences and bebo friends. Anyway on topic the library is big enough to accomodate areas with laptops and areas without them, thb its people using the laptop areas who don't have laptops that affects me more!

The_Minister

The key tapping ia annoying but so is the start-up music - so loud.

Scraggs

It drives me insane when people plug in their laptops crossing an aisle with no consideration for anybody else!!

Dave!

YOU drive me insane, Scraggs! :mad:

Scraggs

PM sent

scop

Scraggs wrote:

Scop...is that short for Libro cop??

L:p

scop

pretty*monster wrote:

Look, fact is, some people need it to be super quiet when they study.
Why shouldn't the library accommodate them?

It's not as if there aren't still plenty of areas where you can power up the aul' lappy.

Exacto.

Sangre

Quiet zone in the law section thankfully. Means no more fecking wires across aisles or tapping away or that fecking windows login noise or people sitting at laptops laughing etc..
Plenty of desks with plugs on them. Go sit there.

Font22

I'm going to make sure I sit near you 2moro Sangre AND I'm going to use my laptop, even though I dont really need too AND I'm going to type in that annoying loud way!
No but seriously, I completely understand how some people appreciate complete silence. I was in the Law section on Tuesday and some girl and her band of merrymen were sitting in front of me (I think they were first years). No prob with that but for the fact that they didnt stop talking the whole time they were there!!

TheVan

I dunno, that Law section can be quite loud.....i can hear the cogs turning and clicking in the law students' heads!

To be fair, if someone is making noise with a laptop you can just ask them to keep it down? Then everyone is happy!

Riamfada

Who are you? Just come here to piss me off? 38 posts :rolleyes:

Im not getting into this again but you took what I said out of context.

Im just tired of all this complaining all the time . Be it car parking, BEBO (for some god knows reason) and now the library. Whats it gonna be next week? The weather in UCD?

Blush_01

Uh-oh, looks like Grimes got sent into overload!

The complaints about all those things you've listed but disagree with are just as valid as the complaints about Hilpers and the End the Rip-Off Campaign that you had no problem with, because you agreed with them. Relax Grimes, if you don't like people complaining, look for company outside of the human race!

I agree whole-heartedly with the quiet areas thing. The library drives me mental to study in because it's so artificially quiet that all the little ordinary noises get magnified. Most books can be taken out of the library, and there are computer labs/laptop areas outside of the library - but where are the open access reading rooms? Technology hasn't been banned from the library, just boxed into sections where everyone can concentrate on working while not being completely silent (or get on with being inconsiderate and obnoxious, as is sometimes the case) while using their laptops.

Oh, and Grimes, I have a laptop. So that's not an excuse for agreeing or disagreeing with the change. It's just common decency and respect for varied study methods - and about time too. I hate the thought that every time I'm typing in the library someone else is trying to work and can't because of my clacking. Hell, the clacking even gets to me at times, and I'm responsible for it.

When you have a laptop, there's always a couch or two in the Arts Block if you find the Library infringes on your freedom to make unwarranted noise, if you want it.

rainbow kirby

You'd all hate me then. I study with my laptop, and I need music to work best. I always have my headphones plugged into my laptop (double benefit of hiding the Mac OS X startup chime). Good thing I have a pathological hatred of the library and study at home about 99% of the time.
(Yay for CS and requiring almost no reading at the moment)

Waltons

rainbow kirby wrote:

Good thing I have a pathological hatred of the library and study at home about 99% of the time.
(Yay for CS and requiring almost no reading at the moment)

*high five*

arbeitsscheuer

Too lazy and tired to post own opinion...

...

Ok, fine I don't have my own opinion, I just leech off other ppl's, ok?! But anyway, Blush was spot on with everything in that post, and what other rational, considerate ppl have said...

@Grimes and DaveMcG: You need a holiday, guys.

Waltons

Pfft, you know Grimes will post a "Can't wait to be back thread" in a few days, Seb

Dave!

Holiday schmoliday, nothing beats being up at 5.45 to go to work! *high five*

Samos

The thing that irritates me most on the science floor is the constant churn of the escalators in the background. Is there any chance of having doors into this floor, just like on the other levels, in order to dampen the sound?

And the usage of bebo on the library computers is just atrocious: there are so few computers and always queues, yet the percentage of bebo users seems to be higher than everywhere else, and they even hae the audacity to use the catalogue mchines as well to satiate their desire for inane entertainment.

panda100

Samos wrote:

The thing that irritates me most on the science floor is the constant churn of the escalators in the background. Is there any chance of having doors into this floor, just like on the other levels, in order to dampen the sound?

And the usage of bebo on the library computers is just atrocious: there are so few computers and always queues, yet the percentage of bebo users seems to be higher than everywhere else, and they even hae the audacity to use the catalogue mchines as well to satiate their desire for inane entertainment.

Yeah-agree and do u know what I really really hate-when people use google chat constantly-i mean whats that all about:D

Samos

panda100 wrote:

Yeah-agree and do u know what I really really hate-when people use google chat constantly-i mean whats that all about:D

Totally! I mean there's no polite way to say **** *** and do some work!!! :rolleyes:

humbert

I like google chat! it's not like I'd sit and dedicate time to it but when I'm on my laptop it allows me to keep in touch with friends. That said anyone who would occupy a library computer to use it should be hurt:mad:

Stepherunie

It's not just laptops, ipods and the like are also gone, had a friend told to turn his off when he was sitting in the electronic free zone. Although I wonder does this ban also cover electronic calculators?????

humbert

Stepherunie wrote:

It's not just laptops, ipods and the like are also gone, had a friend told to turn his off when he was sitting in the electronic free zone. Although I wonder does this ban also cover electronic calculators?????

And watches and pace makers, the bane of every studying students life!!!

Chinafoot

Personally I think its a great idea, particularly as the 900 area is the history section

Threre are loads of places for people to plug in their laptops, its not like this will impinge on their net use.
Also there is nothing worse than sitting near someone with their ipod up too loud.

Oh and Grimes....I suggest you relax or you may get a weeks holiday from here.

arbeitsscheuer

peachypants wrote:

Personally I think its a great idea, particularly as the 900 area is the history section .

Yaaay!

...

/realises that I can only study when listening to music

Oh Noooooooooooes!

Stepherunie

What bothers me is that there really isn't enough laptop enabled areas with sufficient plug sockets around - I use my laptop for work in college, i dont' really mess around on it but i'm b eing limitied to some of the bosiest areas in the library.

Although i'm extremely glad of the no ipod rule, some people are so inconsiderate, had one girl last week sitting the the commerce section and i was five rows away from where she was sitting and could still hear the killers, mr. brightside perfectly. Charming.

HappyCrackHead

i was in the "electronic devices free zone" yesterday. not realising thats where i was. i'm a history student so i kinda like being near the history books and not having to trek if i need to find something. i also like using my laptop.

one thing i did find amusing was all the people with ipods looking at me like i was something they'd wipe off their shoe because i was using a laptop.

**** it, there's no signs there so i dont see why not. plus its more annoying if someone is constantly getting up and walking off, sitting back down, getting up walking off, than mild typing. as i type right now i notice that my keyboard makes very little noise so **** anyone who has a problem.

****ing ludites

Chinafoot

Stepherunie wrote:

What bothers me is that there really isn't enough laptop enabled areas with sufficient plug sockets around - I use my laptop for work in college, i dont' really mess around on it but i'm b eing limitied to some of the bosiest areas in the library.

Go up the escalators to the 2nd floor, go in the doors to the left. There are a lot of plugs there. Alternatively walk in the door to the right. Go straight ahead....more laptop areas. Or, go past the photocopiers and turn left, loads of plugs down there too. Thats just the 2nd floor.

There are specific areas for laptops, so why cant there be specific areas for no laptops?

arbeitsscheuer

HappyCrackHead wrote:

****ing ludites

Ah now now, there's no neeh for dah! The luddites fought against mechanisation in the (correct) belief that the new technology would be used as a tool by the Ruling/Employing class to f**k over the workers even more than before... The students who looked at you like you were a leper with epilepsy are fighting against you because they have the concentration of a Goldfish and just can't handle the distraction of a nice shiny PB laptop...

F**king philistines.

Font22

whats everyone think about the new layout in the law section? pure genius if u ask me and about time!