Core Collections: Videogames for Libraries

Thanks to the Long Island Library Resource Council for hosting me at the Sachem Public Library in Stony Brook NY on Wednesday, July 23 for a session on Core Collections: Videogames for Libraries. Slides, handouts, and links follow after the break.

Slides:

Links: http://www.del.icio.us/informationgoddess29/lilrc

ALL of my current core collection recommendations are online at http://www.del.icio.us/informationgoddess29/corecollections. (YES, I added Orange Box!)

Other handouts:

• Agenda
• Advocacy: Talking Points About Gaming in Libraries
• Bibliography
• Core Collections
• Glossary
• Reader’s Advisory
• VOYA article, “What Makes a Good Game, Anyway?“
• YALSA Teen Gaming Interest Group Fact Sheet

Also of interest:

• Games and Public Performance/Copyright
• Video Games 4 Librarians