February celebrates first-year anniversary of Leisure Viewing Collection

By Glenn Masuchika, information literacy librarian

In February 2014, the Penn State University Library at University Park established their Leisure Viewing Collection in the Barbara Hackman Franklin Atrium on the first floor of Pattee Library. The collection includes first-run movies and television shows on DVDs for the amusement of the Penn State community. It contains active runs of television shows such as “The Walking Dead,” “Game of Thrones,” “Downton Abbey” and “the Simpsons;” and movies such as “Frozen,” “Bad Grandpa,” “Kick Ass” (both one and two), and “Captain America: Winter Soldier.” Complete runs of shows such as “Breaking Bad,” “The Wire,” and “True Blood” are also available. Sometimes after a hard day’s work with seemingly insurmountable problems, solutions come when the mind is given opportunities to play with the fun and ridiculous. Other times it is simply pleasant to take a well-deserved break watching an amusing movie or television show. Presently, the collection contains approximately 910 individual items and has amassed a checkout total of over 10,000. Special thanks goes to the Music and Media Center, and the Acquisitions Department at PSU Library-University Park for their hard work and support.