Saturday, November 15th - 11am to 4pm
Portland Public Library, Rooms 2, 3, 4, & 5
Free for all ages
Portland, Maine - Portland Public Library will join hundreds of libraries throughout the country on November 15, 2014, for the seventh annual celebration of gaming in libraries – International Games Day @ your library. Like so many other libraries across the country and around the world, Portland Public Library will offer special gaming programs and events suitable for the whole family.
“Libraries are becoming family destinations, and are continuously offering new formats and innovative programs and services that educate, entertain and expand interaction with their users,” said Samantha Soucy, Science & Technology team leader at Portland Public Library. “Gaming is yet another example of how libraries are becoming more than just educational resources for the communities that they serve. They are also places where users of all ages are welcome to have fun together. And if that fun exercises their brains, enables them to meet new people in a safe and enjoyable environment, and celebrates our community’s connection to each other and to libraries on every continent on Earth... well, that’s just the nature of games!”
Portland Public Library will have four rooms reserved for gaming, each with a special purpose—one
for card games, another for board games, and another for video games. The assortment of games is appropriate for all ages—ranging from Mancala, Scrabble, Yahtzee, Pictionary, Candyland, to Trivial Pursuit. There will be a special library version of jenga, and other fun surprises. Also—come use one of the library’s laptops to participate in the international Minecraft Hunger Games tournament.
International Games Day @ your library is an international initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, and Nordic Game Day. For more information on International Games Day please visit http://ilovelibraries.org/gaming.
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