Keeping Tabletop Role-Playing Games in the Library : a collections guide

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Keeping Tabletop Role-Playing Games in the Library : a collections guide Elkind, Samuel

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A comprehensive pick-up-and-use guide for libraries and librarians hoping to incorporate tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) into their collection. Designed for all levels of familiarity with the subject, including those who have never encountered such a game before. Includes best practices (what to collect, how many copies, where to store them, care of materials, community relationships, electronic lending, etc.), cataloguing and classification guidance (including a flowchart that removes all ambiguity for librarians who haven't played TTRPGs before), a 2024 Buyer's Guide, and recommended readings.

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Title	Keeping Tabletop Role-Playing Games in the Library : a collections guide
Creator	Elkind, Samuel
Date Issued	2024-03
Description	A comprehensive pick-up-and-use guide for libraries and librarians hoping to incorporate tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) into their collection. Designed for all levels of familiarity with the subject, including those who have never encountered such a game before. Includes best practices (what to collect, how many copies, where to store them, care of materials, community relationships, electronic lending, etc.), cataloguing and classification guidance (including a flowchart that removes all ambiguity for librarians who haven't played TTRPGs before), a 2024 Buyer's Guide, and recommended readings.
Subject	library; librarian; D&D; Dungeons and Dragons; RPG; TTRPG; collection; collection guide; collection development
Genre	Other
Type	Text
Language	eng
Series	University of British Columbia. LIBR 592
Date Available	2024-04-03
Provider	Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights	Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International
DOI	10.14288/1.0440979
URI	http://hdl.handle.net/2429/87675
Affiliation	Arts, Faculty of; Information, School of
Campus	UBCV
Peer Review Status	Unreviewed
Scholarly Level	Graduate
Copyright Holder	Samuel Elkind
Rights URI	http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Aggregated Source Repository	DSpace

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Elkind_S_LIBR592_Bullard-Elkind_tabletop_thesaurus_appx.2.pdf -- 275.43kB

Elkind_S_LIBR592_cataloguing_flowchart_appx3.pdf -- 945.89kB

Elkind_S_LIBR592_MARC_record_example_appx4.pdf -- 339.59kB

Elkind_S_LIBR592_Librarything_example_appx5.pdf -- 187.89kB

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