While video games have long been seen through the lens of entertainment only, they are now being used more for research in academic roles. The format of video games has also changed from a physical medium to digital cloud-based services. With this technology change, what are the best ways for academic librarians using MARC to catalog video games to add them to their collections? This chapter explores the use of MARC in game cataloging as well as the use of OLAC subject fields for video game description.
Joy DuBose serves as the Director of the Dr. and Mrs. James T. Cook Library & Learning Center at Florida State University, located in Panama City, Florida. Previously, she served as the Special Collections and Projects Cataloger at Mississippi State University, where she worked on a variety of projects and materials, including virtual reality programming. Her research focuses on virtual reality, academic use of video games, and emerging technologies in library sciences.
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