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November 16, 2007
Reading - the future
Posted by a librarian in an English County Council
"We are currently reviewing our collection of playstation 2 games and looking at which formats e.g. Playstation 3, Wii, Xbox etc, to stock in the future. I'd be very interested in hearing from authorities that have already moved to the newest formats - how did you decide which formats
to stock? How did you introduce the new collections? What impact has the change had on income? I'd be happy to collate and share the information I gather with the list. Many thanks"
Perkins says
You could also sell cat food
Amanda Field (and her 4 cats) agree with Perkins
Perhaps they could also ask libraries why on earth they introduced Playstation game-hire in the first place? In what way, exactly, does this activity encourage reading and literacy? My four cats agree whole-heartedly with Perkins: if libraries gave out catfood, they'd be first through the door, thus boosting the visitor numbers.....but you'd never get them to borrow a book (unless it was a 'scratch and sniff' one).
Perkins reveals that
The county which is encouraging children to use playstation games rather than read books is Suffolk (where the punch comes from)
Peggy says
Having read the last four posts, I am now grinning like a cheshire cat......
Gary Marks says
You are so out of touch with the real world.
Posted by Perkins at November 16, 2007 2:53 PM