The document provides guidelines for selecting and purchasing gaming software for a library collection, including considering popularity, age appropriateness, variety of genres, and game reviews. It recommends focusing on popular genres like action, sports, rhythm and racing games as well as social games like Mario Kart, Guitar Hero, Rock Band, and Wii Sports. The document also touches on rating systems for games and developing a budget and purchasing plan that takes into account library requests, replacements, and new releases while also processing circulated games like DVDs and CDs.

1. Selection of Gaming Software Kathryn Kelley 9410 Developing and Organizing Media Collections Assignment 3 October 28, 2008

2. Procedure for selecting and purchasing software Consider: popularity multi-player easy interface age & skill level variety of genres game reviews

3. Popular Game Genres Action Sports Rhythm Racing Role Playing Puzzles

4. Popular Social Games Mario Kart Guitar Hero Rock Band Dance Dance Revolution Wii Sports

5. Ratings E (Everyone) E10+ (Everyone 10 and over) T (Teen) http://www.brainygamer.com/photos/uncategorized/2007/11/01/shift_esrb_2.jpg

6. Budget/Purchasing Plan branch library requests non-library vendors plan for new releases, replacements add video game titles to circulating collections

7. Management secure storage when not in use supervised tournaments circulated titles processed like DVDs, CDs 1-week check out