We have copies of X-Box, Playstation, and Nintendo GameCube games in our library. They're only available for Two Day loan because they're meant to be used as examples of good/ bad practice in the industry, and they were selected by one of the lecturers responsible for the games degrees.
We don't prevent other students i.e. ones who aren't doing a games degree from borrowing them - the short loan is enough of a deterrent; and we have security tags that can be fixed to the discs to reduce the chance of theft. Where we can't use the tags, the games are put in security boxes and shelved with the rest of the computing stock. We've had them in the library for the past three years or so, and to date haven't had any problems.
We don't provide consoles to go with the games as we reasoned that students on the games degrees are likely to have one - or more - of the consoles themselves and if they don't, the school of computing have included some of the consoles in their purpose built gaming lab.
Jill
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Subject: Re: Games consoles in libraries - Playstation vs. Wii
Dear Ian and All
We did have a lecturer enquire about whether we could stock games in the
library to support a game studies module. However we found it to be very
problematic, in terms of cost of games themselves and peripheral
equipment, Wii fit board etc. Also how to stop students who were not
studying the module taking games out and leaving none for actual
students studying games module. Also additional costs in terms of
supplying secure storage behind the issue desk for the games themselves.
I know of two public library authorities who rent out games, but these
are income generating and I am not happy with charging students for
something that they need for their studies, when they have enough
expenses as it is.
Charmian Oldman
Assistant Librarian
University of Winchester
Winchester
SO22 4NR
01962 827052
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