Video Game Collection @ Your Library presentation; presented at LACONI workshop, Feb. 2008

1. Video Games @ Your Library Maggie Hommel YA Librarian, Park Ridge Public Library [email_address]

2. Video Games … in the Library? “ I love it, don’t change it, but why does a library have video games?…” --Video Game Survey respondent The Park Ridge game collection

4. Video Games … in the Library? From left, Steve Meretzky, Christopher Grant, Warren Spector, Henry Lowood and Matteo Bittanti.

6. Video Games … in the Library?

10. Establishing Policy: Ratings www.esrb.com

13. Consoles

14. Consoles

26. How Much Did/Do You Use the Library:

27. How Much Did/Do You Use the Library:

28. When you come to the Library to check out Video Games, do you usually check out:

29. Video Game Circulation Sep 06: 99 games Sep 07: 209 games Apr 07: 164 games Jan 08: 269 games 2005-2006 2006-2007 2007-2008 (through Jan.) Total Circulation 253 1378 1654

30. Circulation of Young Adult Books Date range Book Circulation % change from previous years Feb 2005-Jan 2006 12959 Feb 2006-Jan 2007 14330 Up 11% from 2005-2006 Feb 2007-Jan 2008 19598 Up 37% from 2006-2007, Up 51% from 2005-2006

31. Comments from the Survey

32. Comments from the Survey

33. Comments from the Survey