What's Playing at the Library?
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LibraryCrunch Service for the Next Generation Library: A Library 2.0 Perspective by Michael Casey « Perceptions 2007: An International Survey of Library Automation | Main What's Playing at the Library? By Loriene Roy and Joseph McPeak: It's the hip new thing. Your teenagers are begging for it. And it's likely to be at your local library. What's the big draw? The answer might surprise you - video games. Video games? At the library? Is that . . . proper? The answer, according to nearly 75 percent of libraries across the United States, including here in Philadelphia, is a resounding "Yes!" It's important to remember debates like this have taken place as long as libraries have existed. Once upon a time, for example, U.S. library patrons were required to sign out several nonfiction books before they could sign out any fiction, since nonfiction was somehow more worthwhile. Full opinion piece.
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