Outreach, Collaboration, Collegiality: Evolving Approaches to Library Video Game Services

Sustainable and effective library video game services can be a challenge to develop and maintain. The University of Minnesota – Twin Cities Libraries explored two common services among academic libraries—a game collection and undergraduate gaming events—and decided to host two game nights as a pilot program. The events were poorly attended, and a subsequent analysis of the unsuccessful events led to a different and innovative approach to...