Shhhh!

That was a sound you heard often in a library when somebody was speaking loudly. The library was a place of knowledge, study, learning, reflection and well ....quiet. Today finding a little quiet is a rarity and a precious thing in a library. Today it's groups of people catching up, mothers groups with toddlers, tutors instructing students, and this week even a sales guy set up making sales calls so the whole library could hear Mark's conversations. I recently interviewed Sarah Boyd author of Turned Down the Noise on The Mojo Sessions (details below) - it's so relevant in a noisy, overstimulated world where silence has been abandoned in the library and the so called quiet carriage of the train. A saviour has been my Loop Earplugs.  They are not digital, just like a normal set of earplugs, but they muffle sound. I use them all the time... on flights, the library, the quiet carriage of the train, concerts, loud environments. The amazing thing is you can still hear a conversation with another person, but it muffles the outside noise. Interesting technology. I was skeptical until I tried them. Anyway, I take them to the library now! GB