Core Webinar: Challenges for Collecting Digital Games

*Cross posted to multiple lists*

Please share this with your channels and help us promote this event.

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:

   -

   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
   -

   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
   -

   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.

*****************

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_at_ala.org.

For all other questions or comments related to Core webinars, please
contact Core CE staff at corece_at_ala.org.

*Posted on behalf of the Core Continuing Education Committee.*

########################################################################

To unsubscribe from the ACQNET list, click the following link:
http://lists.clir.org/cgi-bin/wa?TICKET=NzM5NjgxIHNlcmlhbHNASU5GT01PVElPTlMuQ09NIEFDUU5FVMWb%2B%2FH3k8F7&c=SIGNOFF

If the link above doesn't work, contact acqnet-request_at_lists.clir.org to unsubscribe.