Games and Gaming Community
We engage those interested in games and gaming activities in libraries of all kinds and to collaborate with ALA units to support gaming initiatives and programs across the Association. Games, as defined in their broadest sense, include traditional and modern board, card, video, mobile, computer, live-action, role-playing, and miniature games. Gaming activities include planning and running gaming programs, providing games for informal play, developing a game collection, creating games, development of information and other literacies through games, and partnering with other community organizations to support gaming, will be topics for professional exploration.
DiscussionAugust 2009
by Scott Nicholson on Sun, 08/16/2009 - 9:13amDiscuss the August 2009 Games in Libraries podcast here! You can get the podcast at http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/?p=130
PostGaming Featured in Urban Library Council's Exchance
by Julie Scordato on Tue, 08/11/2009 - 3:04pmFollow the link and scroll down to the 4th item on the latest Exchange e-newsletter by the Urban Libraries Council.
Gaming is featured as part of the spectrum of services we offer teens at Columbus Metropolitan Library.
http://urbanlibraries.org/displaycommon.cfm?an=1&subarticlenbr=84.
DiscussionJuly 2009 episode
by Scott Nicholson on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 6:12pmThis is the discussion forum for the July 2009 Games in Libraries podcast. On this episode:
PostPlay Along with Us: The Game of the Month club
by Scott Nicholson on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 7:28amAs a new activity of the Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group, we are starting a Game of the Month club. Like a book club, your goal will be to play the game and then join us to talk about the game and different ways it could be incorporated in libraries. The hope is to explore games and help you expand your gaming horizons! We plan to cover all sorts of games over time, so even if you are a fan of one type of game, this will be a way to explore some highlights of other game types.
The main space for this club will be a discussion forum here on ALA Connect:
DiscussionAugust 2009 - Passage
by Scott Nicholson on Wed, 07/29/2009 - 7:16amPlay Along with Us!
Passage is a free game that you can download and install on several platforms. It takes about 5 minutes to play, but you can play it repeated times and make different choices. It's a statement about life and our explorations through it. It's not designed as a game to be "fun," but rather think of this as Game as Art.
You can get Passage at http://hcsoftware.sourceforge.net/passage/index.html
PollWhich Nintendo Wii game would you most like to play at Open Gaming Night at Annual (2009)?
by Jenny Levine (staff) on Thu, 06/11/2009 - 9:28amEventYALSA President’s Program & Membership Meeting: Creativity Counts: Nurturing Teens' Talents at Libraries Large & Small
by Beth Gallaway on Mon, 06/08/2009 - 10:59am Monday 1:30 to 3:00
McCormick Place West, W-196a
PostSong Requests for Open Gaming Night
by Jenny Levine (staff) on Thu, 05/28/2009 - 11:21pmSteven Harris has already claimed Billy Idol's "White Wedding," Rage Against the Machine's "Killing in the name," and Natalie Imbruglia's "Torn." What else do you want to play on Rock Band at open gaming night at Annual? I'll try to find the list of songs already on the Xbox, and we can't promise to fulfill them all, but submit your requests now! We'll be using the RB2 disc, and all of the songs are already unlocked thanks to ALA staffer Bryan Campbell.
PostTime to Fill Out the Annual Gaming Census
by Scott Nicholson on Mon, 05/11/2009 - 4:56am(please pass this on as appropriate)
Time for the census of 2008 library gaming programs!
Did your public, academic, school, or speacial library run a gaming program in 2008?
Did you have Chess, Scrabble, Computer games, Console games or ANY other type of gaming as a library program?
It's time to tell us about it!
PostInteractive Exhibits, Games, & Experiments at the World Science Festival
by LaVerne Poussaint on Fri, 05/08/2009 - 9:20am
