The aim of this study has been to fill a gap of knowledge when it comes to understanding librarians and their relationship to the phenomenon of videogames, at the library. We have conducted interviews with focus on how the library’s role has changed when new media is introduced and if librarians consider videogames something that can be used at the library and why. For the basis of the study we have utilized Scott Nicholson’s theory and model regarding what role videogames has in the library, published in 2010. Nicholson’s theory is relevant for the study as it touches several aspects that were interesting for our study; the library’s democracy and videogames, the librarian’s profession and videogame’s role at the library. For the study we conducted four semi-structured interviews on four different libraries with librarians who worked with videogames at their library. The focus of these interviews were gaming activities, opinions on videogames and who plays videogames. Thoughts from the librarians interviewed concerned the role of the libraries and democracy but noted was also a general opinion that technical knowledge was something lacking among librarians, whilst at the same time the users and interest for videogames are steadily increasing.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:hb-22786 |
| Date | January 2019 |
| Creators | Frandsen, Jennifer, Andersson, Sandra |
| Publisher | Högskolan i Borås, Akademin för bibliotek, information, pedagogik och IT |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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