04.02.09
Games in Libraries – April 2009
Happy Birthday to Us! The Games in Libraries podcast is 1 year old!
Download the April 2009 Games in Libraries episode over at The Internet Archive.
You can also listen to it here:
Show notes:
– Beth Gallaway presents an update on the ALA’s Verizon grant to fund libraries.
- Christen Higgins interviews Rafael Chandler, author of the “The Game Writing Handbook.”
- Brian Mayer does a review of Dancing Eggs from Haba.
- Beth Gallaway talks about different ways to fund a library gaming program.
- Money, Money, Money: Budgeting & Purchasing Equipment: http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/budget.html
- Wizards of the Coast Library page: http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/library
- Gaming on a ~$500 Budget: http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/budget500.html
- YALSA BWI Collection Development Grant: http://ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/yalsa/awardsandgrants/bwi.cfm
- Government Grant Alerts: http://grants.gov/applicants/email_subscription.jsp
- all other resources are on the Paying for it All: Grant Resources page at http://librarygamingtoolkit.org/grants.html
– Scott Nicholson starts a series about Library Gaming Experiences.
- Eli Neiberger talks about GT System, a service for libraries to use to manage gaming events. In addition, he announces 2009 multi-library tournaments in DDR, Guitar Hero, Super Smash Brothers, Mario Kart, and Pokemon. More information at http://wiki.gtsystem.org .
Talk about this episode over at the News about Games and Gaming blog!
