Congrats to ResourceShelf friend and colleague, Jenny Levine, on the big time (understatement) success of National Gaming Day, 2009. On Tuesday, final numbers for the event were released.

Some specific numbers:

+ Number of libraries registered to participate: 1,365
+ Number of libraries that submitted # of players for NGD activities: 549
+ Total number of players for NGD activities: 31,296
+ Number of libraries in the national Super Smash Bros Brawl tournament (simultaneous): 42
+ Number of libraries in the national Rock Band High Score tournament (asynchronous): 14
+ Number of non-US libraries that participated (that we know of): 2 (Canada, Japan), with interest expressed from Morocco for next year)

For comparison, here’s how these numbers stack up against last year’s totals.

+ Number of libraries registered to participate: 617
+ Number of libraries that submitted # of players for NGD2008 activities: 557
+ Total # of players for NGD2008 activities: 14,184

The complete blog post includes some comments from participants.

Source: ALA

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