Gaming In Libraries

Gaming in Libraries Reaching Out & Teaching By John Fudrow PSTG 11.14.2008

Nostalgia

1952 – Noughts and Crosses developed at Cambridge

1958 – William Higginbotham develops Tennis for Two on an oscilloscope

1976/1980 – Atari 2600 released/ Pac Man arrives stateside

1986/1990 – NES and Sega Master System/SNES vs Genesis

1991 – Sid Meier’s Civilization released

1995/1996/1998 – Sony Playstation/Nintendo 64/Pokemon

2000 – Playstation 2/Phantasy Star Online

2004/2006 – World of Warcraft/Nintendo Wii

Brief History of Video Gaming History

Progression

New Paths

Average Age of Game Players The Facts 34 50+ Under 18 18 - 49

Cultural Influences

Why the Library?

Outreach

Community

Staff Development

Instruction I’ll Get It Within Range

Information Literacy

Collection

Preservation

Future Possibilities

Questions? Harris, Amy, and Scott E. Rice. Gaming in Academic Libraries: Collections, Marketing, and Information Literacy . Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.

Quarantined: Axl Wise and the Information Outbreak http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/images/e/ec/Quarantined_techsource.pdf Hard Play at UCalgary http://www.ucalgary.ca/hardplay/ IL Game at UNC http://library.uncg.edu/game/ Library Arcade http://www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc/index.html Library Game Links

Library Game Blogs Library Games http://librarygames.blogspot.com/ LibGaming http://libgaming.blogspot.com/ Research Quest http://researchquest.blogspot.com/ ALA Techsource http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/

Resources & Game Info Entertainment Software Association http://www.theesa.com/ Gaming Bibliography http://www.refworks.com/refshare?site=045671184310000000/RWWS6A1113260/gaming%20in%20libraries Worldcat.org List http://www.worldcat.org/profiles/johnfudrow/lists/42713 History of Video Gaming http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_video_games