In the mists of time, when the librarians first walked upright, devised the Dewey Decimal System, and struck upon the idea of playing a "closing song," Library patrons were treated to the same song every night:
That's right, the dulcet (not to say saccharine) tones of the TV von Trapp children crooned Library users out the door with a rendition of "So Long Farewell."
Those were simpler times.
The closing song was even played on one of these:
The red boom-box dutifully belted out the Sound-of-Music Goodbye song for many a year,
Then one fateful evening, the apparatus blew up:
OK, so it wasn't that dramatic but there were sparks, and the boom box went to amplifier heaven.
After that, a couple of Library staff whose musical tastes were a little... more modern than Julie Andrews took over and the play list evolved.
