The Alert Collector: Game On to Game After: Sources for Video Game History

Kristen Nyitray began her immersion in video games with an Atari 2600 and ColecoVision console and checking out games from her local public library. Later in life, she had the opportunity to start building a video game studies collection in her professional career as an archivist and special collect...

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Published in:Reference and user services quarterly 2019-12, Vol.59 (1), p.7-11
Main Author: Nyitray, Kristen J.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Academic Libraries
Archives & records
Computer & video games
Computers
Cultural Background
Cultural heritage
Ephemera
Historiography
Library collections
Museums
Preservation
Social Experience
Software
Video Games
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Summary:Kristen Nyitray began her immersion in video games with an Atari 2600 and ColecoVision console and checking out games from her local public library. Later in life, she had the opportunity to start building a video game studies collection in her professional career as an archivist and special collections librarian. While that project has since ended, you get the benefit of her expansive knowledge of video game sources in “Game On to Game After: Sources for Video Game History.” There is much in this column to help librarians wanting to support research in this important entertainment form. Ready player one?—Editor
ISSN:1094-9054
1094-9054
2163-5242
DOI:10.5860/rusq.59.1.7219