Standing in the library, scanning the books on the shelves, I suddenly become aware of a noise that I haven’t noticed before; a soft ‘tac-tac … tac-tac-tac .. tac-tac’.
For a moment, it sounds as if dozens of hushed voices are repeating the same word over and over again, like a ghostly whisper echoing from the walls and ceiling and drifting across the bookshelves.
Then I realise; these ‘echoes’ are the sound of dozens of keyboards being tapped by students working at desks and tables scattered throughout the library.
