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For Every Player Their Game: Winning Strategies for Recommending Games

Monday, June 29, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT
Location: McCormick Place, W 184 A B C
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Players advisory is a new frontier with few guiding resources, despite games being a multi-billion dollar industry and game collections being added to more libraries. These collections serve important educational and recreational roles within libraries and their communities, making it necessary for library staff to improve their games literacy. This diverse panel will explore approaches academic, public, special, and school library staff can implement to strengthen connections between their collections and communities. Attendees will receive guidance on helping staff build subject expertise and games literacy skills, as well as examples of reference interview conversations and guidelines for equipping library staff to collect and recommend games. Join us and begin leveling up your players advisory skills!

Learning Objectives:

  • List unique game characteristics important for players advisory
  • Identify popular game categories within their community for collection development purposes
  • Match players with games that fit their needs and interests