Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services

As games grow ever-more ubiquitous in our culture and communities, they have become popular staples in public...
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Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services by Goodridge, Michelle

Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services

$227.18

Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services

$227.18
Author: Michelle Goodridge
Format: Paperback
Language: English

As games grow ever-more ubiquitous in our culture and communities, they have become popular staples in public library collections and are increasing in prominence in academic ones. Many librarians, especially those who are not themselves gamers or are only acquainted with a handful of games, are ill-prepared to successfully advise patrons who use games. This book provides the tools to help adult and youth services librarians to better understand the gaming landscape and better serve gamers in discovery of new games--whether they are new to gaming or seasoned players--through advisory services.

This book maps all types of games--board, roleplaying, digital, and virtual reality--providing all the information needed to understand and appropriately recommend games to library users. Organized by game type, hundreds of descriptions offer not only bibliographic information (title, publication date, series, and format/platform), but genre classifications, target age ranges for players, notes on gameplay and user behavior type, and short descriptions of the game's basic premise and appeals.



Author: Michelle Goodridge, Matthew J. Rohweder
Publisher: Libraries Unlimited
Published: 11/15/2021
Pages: 262
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.90h x 6.90w x 0.80d
ISBN: 9781440867316


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 02/01/2022 pg. 77

About the Author

Michelle Goodridge, MA, MLIS, is liaison librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario.

Matt Rohweder, MA, MLIS, is liaison librarian at Wilfrid Laurier University in Ontario.


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