video games
September 14, 2023
Video games in library mark shift in services
Where before there were shelves of magazines, old copies of New York Times book reviews and hundreds of DVDs, the media room in the basement of the Harold and Wilma Good Library is redecorated with soft lighting, chairs, a 62-inch flatscreen TV and a PlayStation 5. According to Kelsey McLane, services specialist at the library, the repurposing of the media room to a video game space is part of the library’s efforts to shift from an academic storehouse of books toward a studying and gathering space. “The space is open whenever the library is open,” said McLane. Additions to circulation...