Neda Ulaby writes: “Summer for thousands of people in Ann Arbor, Michigan, means scavenging for hidden codes around the city and voraciously reading books to collect points. It’s part of an enormously popular game that’s been a triumph for the public library that runs it. ‘This summer, we have 16,000 active players and more than half of them are adults,’ says Library Director Eli Neiburger. Not bad for a library that serves about 150,000 people. It’s such a local sensation, one couple even got married while playing what’s known in town as ‘The Summer Game.’” (See also American Libraries’ report on the early days of the Summer Game from 2011.)

NPR, Aug. 4; MLive, July 5; American Libraries feature, Nov./Dec. 2011