Library from the Mushroom Kingdom

I spent the past two years at the Eastman School of Music, but spent most of that time inside the Sibley Music Library. The school boasts having the largest music library in the country/hemisphere/world.  The library has hundreds of thousands of scores, recordings, and books.  If it's not a musical score it's a book about music history, theory, composition, performance practice...and the list goes on.  The thing is, and I tweeted this as a life goal the other day, that if there can be an entire library dedicated to all things music, there can be a library with all things dedicated to gaming.  Resources on finding, programming, techniques, strategies, production, scoring, history....and the games themselves! 


I'm almost shocked that this doesn't seem to exist.  Yes, there are libraries with games and libraries that play games, but what about a gaming library.  An organization that is made to provide access to all aspects of gaming.  Gaming is such a large part of our culture, or at least is on a huge rise.  I think it will be important to not only preserve these things, but to provide these things to the public.  Allowing people to have better access to this part of our society and offering an opportunity to participate Is important. 

I'm hoping to find a way to make this work.  How sweet?

First Steps

After two weeks, I've finally had all of my classes and I'm ready to get going!  A couple inspiring speeches form my professors about the possibilities of the profession and all the good it does for the public, and I've been sold.  I'm in the right place.  I can safely say this is a career that I can stand behind, and that's a great feeling.  Music was satisfying in some ways, but was always a struggle in others.  It was an uncertain and volatile path, but being a librarian has ideals at its core that make it timeless and indispensable.  It feels like a shot in the arm to my outlook on my career...  Which I am pumped to take.

Bring on week III.