GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

last person joined: yesterday 

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.

  • 1.  Talk on gamification in libraries

    Posted Oct 03, 2012 08:24 AM

    As part of the Library 2.012 conference that is currently going on, I'm giving a talk on gamification for libraries called 

    Reward-Based Gamification in Libraries: Short-Term Benefits, Long-Term Concerns

     

    The full session description is at http://www.library20.com/forum/topics/reward-based-gamification-in-libraries-short-term-benefits-long?xg_source=activity

     

    You can join in live on Thursday at 7am Eastern at

    https://sas.elluminate.com/d.jnlp?sid=2008350&password=L20Part101

     

    They say the talk will be recorded as well, in case you aren't a morning person...

     

    Scott Nicholson

     

     



  • 2.  RE: Talk on gamification in libraries

    Posted Oct 05, 2012 10:11 AM

    Would love to hear that, but definitely going to have to be the archive - 6am Central is WAY to early for me!



  • 3.  RE: Talk on gamification in libraries

    Posted Oct 05, 2012 10:28 AM

    Well, thankfully, you can both sleep in and learn!

     

    The talk is now online at 

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rux2E6gExFQ



  • 4.  RE: Talk on gamification in libraries

    Posted Oct 30, 2012 03:11 PM

    yes, sleeping and learning is awesome! could be simultaneous in addition to being consecutive. i love it that "you snooze, you lose" is going bye bye. :)