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Libraries Loves Board Games: Part II
April 16, 2009
The American Library Association has just released “The Librarians Guide to Gaming: An Online Toolkit for Building Gaming @ your library.” They’re not talking about video gaming (although they do get behind that as well. They are talking about traditional board gaming.
Now when you go to link for the Guide to Gaming, you may think that I am most excited about their being a picture of ME. Well, actually I am, but that is not why I am sending you there. It is because this website has a mother lode of great information on how libraries are aggressively promoting gaming.
Plan to spend some time working your way around the site as it is a veritable goldmine of information and news. And, in case you wonder how effective they are, check out what happened last November 15 when the ALA supported a National Gaming Day. On that day 617 libraries participated and a total of 14,184 people played board games.
The TIA, ASTRA, GAMA and every single board game company doing business in the US needs to get involved with the ALA and their commitment to gaming. It’s good for them and it’s good for us.
Posted by Richard Gottlieb on April 16, 2009 | Comments (2)
