April 2008 Issue of Library Technology Reports Does Gaming

Library Technology Reports, a monthly magazine from ALA TechSource has put out their April 2008 issue and the entire thing has to do with gaming in the library.

The issue was put together by Jenny Levine and is titled "Gaming & Libraries Update: Broadening the Intersections." The issue is a followup to a previous issue of Library Technology Reports that Levine wrote about gaming in 2006.

The issue focuses on three main topics:

Expanding the idea of "gaming" to include "big games" (scavenger hunts and other real world games) and board games

Expanding game programs to include those who don't normally play games

Expanding gaming services to include things like fantasy sports leagues

If you're new to the whole games in libraries thing or if you've been doing it for awhile and are looking for new things to try, this issue of Library Technology Reports is a must read.