Summer Library Gaming Program

Lester Public Library, Two Rivers

Link to July 10 Manitowoc Herald Tribune Report article, "Libraries offer Wii contests".

Excerpt:
Playing video games may not seem like the sort of activity a library would promote, but this summer libraries in the Manitowoc-Calumet Library System are holding Wii tournaments for sixth- through 12th-graders.

Battle of the Boxes, Competition on the Coast includes the public libraries in Manitowoc, Two Rivers, Kiel, New Holstein, Chilton and Brillion.

"Gaming … is so much more than playing a game," said Rachel Muchin Young, public relations manager for the Manitowoc Public Library. "Libraries are all about literacy, but literacy isn't only reading and writing. … Literacy is about technology."