 These are science fiction books My name is Catherine Star and I am the acting branch manager at the Engle side branch of San Francisco Public Library You do not have a library voice. I have a singing Performing arts background. So that's probably it And I've had many a toddler come up to me and say miss Catherine. Shh. Where's your inside voice? When was the last time you were hushed? Oh Like a couple days ago. Shh. My name is Vinnie and I am a children's librarian at Sunset Branch Library I most often use my library voice to say walking, please. No running in the library Shh. Is there such a thing as a library voice or am I making this up? I think you might be making it up My name is Jack Tilney. I'm the branch manager of the Noe Valley Sally Brun branch and this is my library voice Oh, you don't have a different voice. Oh, I can make up a different one. Yeah, and this is my library voice Butch it up a little bit My name is Marina Sobolewska. I'm the outside of the library. Do you mind if it gets loud in there? Oh, no, not at all. What does the loudness tell you? It means that we actually alive and well Hi, my name is Dorcas. I'm the teen services librarian at the Parkside branch library of San Francisco Public Library When you talk to a classroom of kids your timbre needs to go up to engage them, right? But when you're talking to adults or teens that you need to quiet it down You'll talk in a lower tone and then you when you're getting ready for them to get out of the building safely You will project your voice in a stern manner, but polite. My name is Ion and I'm the circulation supervisor here at Merced branch This is my library voice. Do you use that library voice when you're when you're feeding these Creatures here. I use the library voice when I'm feeding the creatures when I'm talking to the creatures. Yeah Can you see what you're doing right now? Yes, I am feeding the mantises in our insect lab we have flies that we popped in the freezer to stun and Now we're putting them in the tanks to see if our mantises are hungry So she has like a little plastic container and she is throwing in a little blue bottle fly Give them a couple minutes. We'll see what happens. That one might get done quick. Oh, whoa. I hope it's over quickly for the fly My name is Michelle Jeffers. I think my library voice is like When I started here, I was surprised because somebody said we're not a shushing library. Have you had to shush people? No, I don't think I've ever shushed anybody I have gotten shushed and I almost got kicked out of the main library The security guard came over and it's like ma'am you need to keep your voice down. I was like My name is Chao and I am right now at the Chinatown branch library and This is my library voice There's the myth that librarians are very quiet. We're actually super chatty. We all know this Well, I would say I went to a library conference and I had to say nobody parties like librarians. It was wild