LAKEPORT >> The Lake County Library will join hundreds of libraries throughout the country on Nov. 15 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, the Lake County Library will offer special gaming programs and events suitable for the whole family at the Lakeport Library from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and the Middletown Library from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The library will supply some board games and patrons are invited to bring games also.
“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 Christopher Veach, director of the Lake County 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.”
International Games Day @ Your Library is an initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association and Nordic Game Day.
For information, contact the Lakeport Library at 263-8817 or the Middletown Library at 987-3674.
Information on International Games Day is available online at ilovelibraries.org/gaming.
Jan Cook is a library technician for Lake County Library.
