Snacks in the Stacks: Libraries Welcome Food Amid the Books

When Terri Curry mentioned last month that the library at Morningside College allowed students to eat among the books, she did not hear appalled gasps from the crowd of librarians, deans, and professors in front of her. What she heard was a burst of applause.

"I was thrilled," says Ms. Curry, vice president for student services at Morningside, a small, liberal-arts institution in Sioux City, Iowa. She made her comments at a workshop, sponsored by the Council of Independent Colleges in

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