By Lyndall Maag. Have you ever been sitting in a library or an archives reading room when the silence is deafening?  You know, the sort of atmosphere where people’s breathing and the sound of lead pencil on paper seems loud, almost raucous?  Then…you hear the sound of tearing paper and it echoes throughout the room.  Looks of disapproval spread across the faces of the staff and the more experienced researchers and their sharp intakes of breath communicate in no uncertain … Continue reading