In Some L.A. County Libraries, Video Games and Noise are Welcome

In Los Angels County, California, librarians are trying a new tactic to get teenagers to come back in to the library. Between once a week and once a month, almost half the libraries in the county hold a video game night. Many of the librarians have found the teens come back on other days to check out books and get involved with other programs the libraries have to offer. One person in particular isn't swayed, Stephen Cohen the senior librarian at Law Library Management, Inc. likens it to "luring kids into the library with candy." Others disagree, noting the rise in teen attendance even on days without video games, etc.

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Others believe games are a legitimate media no different from DVDs or the classic board games that many libraries have offered for decades.
"Libraries are about content, whether it's in a book or in a DVD or on the Internet," said Jenny Levine, an Internet specialist at the American Library Assn. "We don't discriminate on the container or form that it's in. If chess is OK, then why not video games?"