Video Games

LIBRARY DESCRIPTION

Large urban public library with 3 branches.

SUBJECT:

Video Games

CLASSIFICATION NUMBERS:

004-006, 339, 793-795, 940-949, 952, 973

DESIRED COLLECTION STRENGTH:

3

COMMENTS ON SCOPE:

Gaming can be defined as recreational activity that uses dice, cards, a technical interface, and/or a board in order to play the game.

FORMATS:

Print:

Works that enhance a patrons understanding of this topic with no boundaries on genre

Web:

Information is primary information
Contains information that if in print would be collected by the library
is current, reliable, and of an unbiased nature does not contain excessive advertisements

Multimedia:

Multimedia that has received positive acclaim from scholarly sources
Materials recognized by the walk of game
Multimedia with historical and/or literary value
Multimedia with high critical acclaim and a rating suitable for a general audience
Highly demanded items rated less then R or M

Not collected:

How-to guides, Strategy Guides, strictly popular works without historical value
Well-maintained equipment to access the bulk of collected multimedia (non-circulating)

COLLECTING PARAMETERS:

Languages:

English

Chronological:

Focus primarily on the seventies to present

Geographical:

focus primarily on English speaking countries, and gaming that has an impact on United States culture

POLICY ON RETROSPECTIVE COLLECTING:

In the event we discover the lack of a significant work in this area we will obtain a copy if possible.
If there is a high demand locally for an item we will obtain depending on availability and appropriateness to collection