A Paging System In a Library?

Remember when libraries were cathedrals of quiet, a bygone era when even a whispered conversation resulted in a stern look from a no-nonsense librarian?

Today, libraries are just another place subject to a cacophonous buzz, from the clicking of 12 year olds texting like mad on their phones to their older siblings grooving along to a disco beat on earphones connected to an iPod that has the volume turned up WAY TOO LOUD.

So, I guess it's not much of a surprise that the folks who run the Air Combat Command library at Moody Air Force Base in Georgia has a request for proposals out on the street for an intercom and paging system . . . for a library.

Why, oh why, do librarians need to page each other?

If you have any idea, please let me know.