This article is from the first edition of The Video Game Librarian website I published between 2008 and 2010. It was originally written on April 21, 2008.

Library Technology Reports, a monthly magazine from ALA TechSource, has put out their April 2008 issue and the entire thing shines a spotlight on gaming in libraries.

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

“Gaming & Libraries Update: Broadening the Intersections” 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.