Gaming and Libraries

By Kit Ward-Crixell
Presented July 23, 2007

"If you turned LiveJournal upside down and shook it, Harry Potter role-playing games [RPGs] would fall out. An LJer myself, I was intrigued when I read this characterization of LJ and went on a cursory search of LiveJournal communities. Not only did I find hundreds of RPGs based on the fictional world of JK Rowling, I found a myriad of RPGs based on other books, or RPGs in which characters from different authors' works interact. LiveJournal, a blogging website and online community, is also a hotspot of book-based role-playing.
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By Kelly Czarnecki
Presented July 23, 2007
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By Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe
Presented July 23, 2007
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By Natalie Gick
Presented July 23, 2007

"In support of games courses, faculty research and students interested in careers in gaming, the SFU Surrey Library has a Games Room with PCs, games consoles and a games collection. Hear how the games room came to be, the computing requirements and ongoing maintenance needed, and about policies and collection development." More info....

Listen to an MP3 audio file of this session (33MB, 35:56)
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By Tom Peters, Lori Bell, John Kirriemuir
Presented July 23, 2007

Libraries Get a Second Life: "First lives are often busy enough but a second one can allow you to be anyone you want! Alliance Library System started the Second Life Library in April 2006. We have found that people in virtual worlds do want libraries, and even books. We have offered some traditional and some new services. This program will cover how we got started, what works and what does not work. Tom Peters and Lori Bell will discuss the project. " More info....
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By Barbara Galik
Presented July 23, 2007
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By Amy Alessio, Joe Torres, Kelly Laszczak, Eric Currie, Alex Tyle
Presented July 23, 2007

Growing a Gaming Group: "Create a Gaming Advisory Board at your school or public library. Presenters will demonstrate equipment used on a variety of platforms, and outline activities used with a monthly gaming group. Work with a Gaming Group to revolutionize your digital collections, online presence, programming for younger gamers and more.” More info....
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By Julie Scordato
Presented July 23, 2007

"How do you get a library from 'Surely you can't mean video games at my library?' to, “When am I getting video games at my library!”

In December 2006, the Columbus Metropolitan Library Board of Trustees approved a budget of $25,000 to bring gaming equipment to each of its 21 locations as a major teen services programming initiative. This presentation will look at how we went from sending two librarians to the Chicago MLS gaming symposium in December 2005 to unrolling gaming system wide for Teen Tech Week 2007.
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By H. David "Giz" Womack, Lynn S. Sutton, and Lori O. Critz
Presented July 23, 2007
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By Donald Dennis
Presented July 23, 2007

"Game environments for traditional and modern board games, card games, RPGs, or even electronic games are not the traditional domain of libraries. Games are, by and large, an interactive activity. Formal and informal communities have developed around board games, card games, RPGs (role playing games), or even electronic games.
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