GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

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The mission of the Games and Gaming Round Table is to provide the following:
  • A forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns surrounding games in libraries;
  • Resources to the library community to support the building and maintaining of library game collections;
  • A force for initiating and supporting game programming in libraries;
  • Create an awareness of, and need for, the support of the value of gaming and play in libraries, schools, and related learning communities.
  • Create an awareness of the value of games and gaming in library outreach and community engagement plans.
  • A professional and social forum for networking among librarians and non-librarians interested in games and gaming.

Non-digital games for information literacy

  • 1.  Non-digital games for information literacy

    Posted Aug 14, 2012 08:18 AM

    Dear all,

     

    I’m currently trying to create a few little games that can be dropped into information literacy instruction (fairly) painlessly. As a first go, I’m trying to raise a bit of money on Indiegogo (http://www.indiegogo.com/infolit-games?a=774169) to pay for a freelance graphic designer (and ex-librarian) I know to spend some hours turning my rubbishy looking attempts into one that looks attractive to play! Any (unlikely) surplus would pay for some of her hours to prettify a second game I’ve created and am playtesting…

     

    Would appreciate anyone that is interested sharing the link around – hoping to be able to create a few professional looking games to share without being too much out of pocket myself!

     

    Thanks,

     

    Andrew

     

    Andrew Walsh MSc MCLIP FHEA

    Academic Librarian, University Teaching Fellow, National Teaching Fellow

    Music, Humanities, Media, Education and Professional Development.

    Information Literacy Practitioner of the Year, 2012