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?
Totally sweet. I feel like a community would come out of the woodwork for a library like that--and with the inclusion of computer and video games, there would be enough in the digital world to allow for off-site use too.
ReplyDeleteYeah, there are a lot of possibilities for a gaming library. So many obstacles too! Hoping I can figure it out!
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