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Core Webinar: Challenges for Collecting Digital Games
Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026
All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.
Description:
This webinar will be an adaptation of a Core presentation at ALA Annual 2025, addressing emerging challenges for both academic and public libraries interested in collecting, preserving, and providing access to digitally distributed video games. As the video game industry rapidly moves toward exclusively digital distribution platforms, libraries will need to adapt their collection management practices. This webinar will present leading research into how libraries can work with game developers to advance these new strategies.
Learning outcomes:
By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:
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Discuss issues and challenges from the perspective of diverse stakeholder groups that impact the ability of libraries to develop and manage digital game collections, including economic, social, technological, and legal factors
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Describe possible paths forward for libraries to collaborate with diverse stakeholder groups to develop strategies, tools, and platforms for building digital game collections that address economic, social, technological, and legal factors
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Explain the benefits of building digital game collections for both public and academic libraries, highlighting the value digital games promise for the full range of library users
Who should attend?
The webinar will be of interest to all librarians involved in technical services, collection development, and preservation as the presentation touches on many aspects of collecting, preserving, and providing access to digital games.
Presenter:
Dr. Colin Post is an Assistant Professor in the department of Information, Library, and Research Sciences at the University of North Carolina Greensboro. His work focuses on new approaches to preserving and providing access to digital culture.
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Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10; Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00
For additional information and access to registration links, please go to the following website:
https://elearning.ala.org/local/catalog/view/product.php?productid=1604
Core webinars are recorded and registrants receive a link to the recording shortly following the live event.
For questions about registration, contact ALA Registration by calling 1-800-545-2433 and press 5 or email registration@ala.org.
For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please contact Core CE staff at corece@ala.org.
*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*
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Jen Montavon-Green
Head of Electronic Resources
University of Kentucky
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