Gaming in academic libraries : collections, marketing, and information literacy / edited by Amy Harris and Scott E. Rice.

Other author Harris, Amy.
Other author Rice, Scott E.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008.
Descriptionviii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
Subjects
Libraries--Special collections. --Electronic games.
Academic libraries--Collection development.
Academic libraries--Marketing. --Case studies.
Academic libraries--Public relations. --Case studies.
Information literacy--Study and teaching (Higher). --Audio-visual aids.
Library orientation for college students--Audio-visual aids.

Contents Making book : gaming in the library, a case study / Natalie Gick (Simon Fraser University Surrey Campus) -- Lessons learned from starting a circulating videogame collection at an academic library / David Baker ... [et al.] (University of Oregon) -- Positioning the library as a source for industry and career information for the videogame business / Tracey Amey (Pennsylvania College of Technology) -- Gaming in the classroom : a model for support in an academic library / David Ward, Mary Laskowski, and Christian Sandvig (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) -- Gaming in D.H. Hill Library, NC State University / Joe M. Williams and Mary C. Chimato -- Get game@zsr : how we did it and what we learned along the way / H. David "Giz" Womack and Lynn Sutton (Wake Forest University) -- Hosting game events in a small, liberal arts academic library / Sheree Fu (the Libraries of the Claremont Colleges) -- Shaking up the library : how Quake introduced students to the library / Vanessa Earp (Kent State University) and Paul Earp (University of Akron) -- Games in the library : creating an awareness of library resources for lifelong library users / Sharon Mazure (Fairmont State University) and Amy Hughes (Northern Arizona University) -- Geocaching / Linda Musser (Pennsylvania State University) -- Your library instruction is in another castle : developing information literacy based videogames at Carnegie Mellon University / Donna Beck ... [et al.] -- The Fletcher Library Game Project / Bee Gallegos and Tammy Allgood (Arizona State University) -- Bioterrorism at UF : exploring and developing a library instruction game for new students / Sara Russell Gonzalez ... [et al.] (University of Florida) -- Education on a shoestring : creating an online information literacy game / Scott Rice (Appalachian State University) -- The "Blood on the stacks" ARG : immersive marketing meets library new student orientation / Jeremy Donald (Trinity University) -- Leveling up : increasing information literacy through videogame strategies / Paul Waelchli (St. Norbert College).
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references.
LCCN 2008041626
ISBN9780838984819 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0838984819 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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