Well, after a campaign to try and convince the director of my library to bring let me start a collection of circulating console games at the library, the assistant director and I finally got the good news that we had accomplished that a few months ago. I hadn't gotten around to ordering them because I was waiting for them to figure out how to put them into the catalog so patrons could find them there.

At our last department head meeting, I had brought it up. The director said to not bother waiting and start buying before people start claiming the money because the end of the budget year is coming.

So, earlier in the week, I had called over to the local GameStop store to see if I could meet with the manager so he could help me select a starter collection. I figure that he could do a better job than I could on my own. The only restriction that I had (besides the size of the budget) is that the games could not have more than a T (for Teen) rating.

All went well, and I spent all but $4 of what I was given and walked out with a good start. I would have liked more, but it was better than nothing so I couldn't really complain.

The guys at the store were so surprised to hear that the library was going to have these available as part of our collection. I guess I made the library seem so much cooler than they pictured us. They were telling everyone who came in the store what I was doing.

I can't wait to have them cataloged and put on the shelf so we can see how well they circulate. I think if they do well, I might get more money to keep adding to the collection. Keep your fingers crossed for me.