We've been circulating videogames for about 5 years now. I haven't heard of any licensing issues. We have also used some of them for gaming nights in our teen programming. Due to a small collection, our games circulate for only 1 week, and patrons may only check out 2 at a time. These are double shelved - empty cases on the shelf, discs in a cabinet in back of the desk. In our children's department, they also shelve any booklet in back of the desk with the disc.
Becky Tatar Periodicals/Audiovisuals Aurora Public Library 1 E. Benton Street Aurora, IL 60505 Phone: 630-264-4100 FAX: 630-896-3209 blt...@aurora.lib.il.us www.aurorapubliclibrary.org From: videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu [mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Ball, James (jmb4aw) Sent: Wednesday, January 30, 2013 11:04 AM To: videolib@lists.berkeley.edu Subject: [Videolib] Question about video games Hi All, We have a professor who is teaching a class on video games and has requested that we purchase some for the Library, which we're willing to do. We did this for another class many years ago, before my time here as media librarian, and I haven't heard that there were any problems, but I'd be interested in hearing about experiences other libraries have had with collecting and providing access to video games. For example, do you let them circulate outside of the library? Are there licensing issues? Etc. Cheers, Matt ______________________________ Matt Ball Media and Collections Librarian Clemons Library University of Virginia mattb...@virginia.edu<mailto:mattb...@virginia.edu> 434-924-3812
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