[OPLINTECH] Games in the library - console comment

[Mann, James H.]

OK, I appreciate the comments so far. Let me tell you the direction I'm
going in.

I'm in the process of building a moveable Game Room which will include 4
GameCubes, 1 PS2, 5 20" TVs, Mario Cart, Donkey Konga, DDR and Madden
2006.

I plan to move the whole rig between branches on some sort of schedule
so the librarians can schedule teen (or pre-teen) game times.

If you move beyond standard early learning games there are several
different approaches to doing games in libraries: you can do something
tied to school work like Oregon Trail or Civ, you can do it as a reward,
or you can do it as part of a community center type thing.

I was just curious what other folk may be doing.

Jim Mann
Technology Coordinator
Greene County Public Library
Xenia Ohio 45385
(937) 376-2996 x210
mailto: jmann at gcpl.lib.oh.us

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On Behalf Of Chip Kruthoffer
Sent: Wednesday, February 15, 2006 2:23 PM
To: oplintech at oplin.org
Subject: [OPLINTECH] Games in the library - console comment

Jim,

We circulate a bunch of Windows CD-ROM games, but don't have anything
installed on our public PCs.

What I'M interested in, as are a few of my co-workers, is circulating
Sony
PS2/PS3 or MSFT XBox/Xbox360 discs. We do not do this at this time, but
the
demand is there. Circulating console games would be much more popular
than
circulating PC CD-ROM games, and I think it would present fewer
challenges and
meet a greater need. Is that what you were getting at? Probably a dumb
question, but does anyone out there circ the console products?

Madden 2005 for the PC, for example, will sometimes sit on the shelf for
weeks. I don't think the PS2 or XBox versions would ever come off the
reserve
list.

The argument is that you don't want to have to buy for different
hardware
platforms, but I think you can make a strong case for narrowing it down
to
XBox and PS due to the size of the installed base.

Chip Kruthoffer
Lane Public Library



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