10.24.09
Games in Libraries, October 2009
With National Gaming Day @ Your Library coming right up (Nov. 14), we wanted to put up an episode with advice for libraries thinking about joining in! Enjoy!
Download the October 2009 Games in Libraries episode over at The Internet Archive.
Or listen here:
Show Notes:
National Gaming Day @ Your Library – Nov. 14, 2009
– Main Web site: http://ngd.ala.org
- Form to register your library as a participant
– GT System (host for video game tournaments)
- Press Release about Hasbro donation
– North Star Games, home of Wits & Wagers and Say Anything! andAlphaBound, home of LetterJAM
Brian Mayer talks about how School Libraries can get involved with National Gaming Day (since it’s on a Saturday).
Kelly Czarnecky discusses a report called Game Changer: Investing in Digital Play to Advance Children’s Learning and Health (link currently unavailable)
– ALA Connect Games and Gaming Member Initiative Group
Julie Scordato talks about what they do at the Columbus Metropolitan Library and continuing to advocate gaming through tough budget times
– Columbus Metropolitan Library
– Systemwide Teen Gaming Initiative, Columbus Metropolitan Library
– LibGaming Google Group
– Games & Gaming Member Initiative Group
– Making the Case: Advocacy & FAQs
A new contributor, JJ Lanza, joins us to talk about roleplaying games with a new segment, RPG101.
– John Kim’s website, which you can reach by using tinyurl.com/whatisrpg
– Bill Walton’s excellent resource website, Terra Libris, at theescapist.com. (Rpg jargon site)
– JJ’s blog is at http://back2rpgbasics.blogspot.com.
Eli Neiburger presents the structures that libraries can be involved with for NGD. He’s hosting these three events:
– Rock Band High Score Contest. Any version, any song. Log score through http://wiki.gtsystem.org
– Super Smash Brothers Brawl Bracket. 3PM Eastern Four libraries per pool, players play off and get points. Top two libraries advance. Libraries must be able to play online. E-mail at gtsystem@aadl.org to sign up.
– Mario Kart Wii tournament. SUNDAY, Nov. 15 (day after NGD). E-mail at gtsystem@aadl.org to sign up.
Talk about this episode over at ALA Connect!
