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<b>Subject:</b> [Eril-l] Core Webinar: Challenges for Collecting Digital Games<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Core Webinar: Challenges for Collecting Digital Games</span></b><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Date: Wednesday, February 25, 2026<span class="gmail-apple-tab-span">
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">All webinars are one hour in length and begin at 11 am Pacific, noon Mountain, 1 pm Central, and 2 pm Eastern time.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Description: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Learning outcomes: </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">By the end of the webinar, attendees will be able to:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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<o:p></o:p></span></li><li style="color:black;margin-top:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;vertical-align:baseline;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;font-variant-alternates:normal">
<span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif">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<o:p></o:p></span></li></ul>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Who should attend?</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Presenter:</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">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.</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p style="margin:0cm"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:black">Registration fees for webinar: Core Member $57.85; ALA member: $80.10; Student member $44.50; Non-member $89.00 </span><o:p></o:p></p>
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