Pew Research: Innovative Library Services "In the Wild" (Des Plaines Public Library, Wii Bowling for Seniors)

Pew Research: Library services "in the wild"

Photo credit:  TRIB local Des Plaines

Des Plaines Public Library's Wii Bowlers Victorious!  (4/22/2011)

Check These Out at the Library: Blacksmithing, Bowling, Butchering. (Wall Street Journal, 1/7/2013)

Excerpt:   Ann Kuta, a 67-year-old former secretary in the financial services industry, swiftly swung her arm in an upward motion one recent Friday morning at a Des Plaines, Ill., public library. She stared intently at a giant screen as a virtual bowling ball rolled down a lane before knocking down most of the 10 virtual pins. 

She pumped her fists in the air as about a dozen other seniors cheered. 

 Ms. Kuta is a top bowler in the biweekly Nintendo 7974.OK -1.38% Wii bowling competitions for seniors here. She has won the admiration of her fellow players, and a trophy, for bowling two perfect games on the videogame system.

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