IN TELLING me to “button it” in relation to our revered Oxford authors (Oxford Mail leader, January 21), you suggested that I emulate the silence of libraries.

I wonder which library you use regularly, because the ones I visit are bustling and noisy.

I suspect your last visit may have been in your distant teenage years when “shush!” was the prevailing style?

I have to tell you library style and volume has moved on.

KEITH R MITCHELL, Leader of the Council, County Hall, Oxford