International Games Week Brings the Campus Together to Read, Learn and Play

Wednesday, October 30, 2019

Hightower Library joins thousands in celebrating the popularity and power of games and play

By: Brittany A. Tennant, Communications Specialist

The Dorothy W. Hightower Collaborative Learning Center & Library will join over a thousand libraries around the world during International Games Week as they transform their libraries with play. Like many other libraries across the country and around the world, Hightower Library will offer special gaming programs and events suitable for Gordon State College.  

At the Hightower Library, students, faculty and staff are invited to play games with library staff, find good reads, and enjoy snacks on Tuesday, November 5th 4:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. International Games Week is an international initiative supported by the American Library Association, the Australian Library and Information Association, Nordic Game Week, Finnish Game Week and L’Associazione Italiana Biblioteche.  

Director of Library Services, Angiah Davis says, “We want to engage students in a fun way.  Libraries are more than books. We want students to know that we are here to help!  Through gaming we make personal connections with our students.” 

For more information on International Games Week visit the Games in Libraries blog http://games.ala.org. For more information on the events at Hightower Library, contact Angiah Davis at 678-359-5076. International Games Week will be held during International Education Week (IEW). IEW offers the college a special occasion to celebrate the many cultures represented on campus and the opportunities students have to study abroad.