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How can a public library lure Google-happy students back to its shelves? Officials of Park Ridge Public Library, in Illinois, have an idea: Lend out video games along with books.

The library has secured finances to start a collection of about 50 "high demand" video-game titles for PlayStation and Xbox, the two most popular electronic-game systems. Library officials say they won’t buy any ultraviolent games, but skeptics may still ask: Is the move a smart business plan or a straying from the library’s mission? (Park Ridge Advocate)