Get Your Game On Video Games in the Library

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Get Your Game On!Video Games in the Library

• Presented for InfoPeopleby Beth Gallaway CLA
  Conference, Sacramento CANovember 2006

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Gaming is the medium of choice for the millennial
generation
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Most frequent gameplayers gt 18

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Teens that play games online

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E-rated games sold in 2005

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Women over age 18 and boys age 6-17 who
play games

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Games are like books, they are just another new
format
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• Games Reinforce New Literacies
• Games Meet Developmental Needs
• Games Build Developmental Assets

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The Gamer Friendly Library

• Use games to do readers advisory 
• Be a strategy guide
• Embrace your inner technogeek
• Be flexible
• Plan change
• Immerse yourself in pop culture especially
  video game culture
• Try some games!

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1. USE GAMES IN READERS ADVISORY

• INSTEAD OF
• What authors do you like to read?
• What are the last 3 books you read and enjoyed?
• What did you like about them?
• ASK
• What movies do you like?
• What TV shows do you watch?
• What games do you play?

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2. BE A STRATEGY GUIDE

• Dont be a level boss.
• Show, dont tell.
• Make it interactive.
• Get them started.
• Have a free-for-all.
• Ask for a demo of expertise
• Be open-minded

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3. BE A TECHNOGEEK

• Upgrade.
• Get a screen name.
• You cant break it.
• Start pilot projects
• Read tech news

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4. BE FLEXIBLE

• Change the space
• Flexible furnishings
• its a stool, its a tray
• video rocker
• armchair with swivel tray
• cubes, beanbags, floor cushions
• storage ottoman
• Say yes
• Go meta
• Customize
• Change yourself.

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5. PLAN CHANGE

• Sticky content
• web
• facility
• Accept change.
• Plan.

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6. IMMERSE YOURSELF IN POP CULTURE

• Know whats hot/whats not.
• Pop goes the library.
• Know about crossovers.

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ESPECIALLY VIDEO GAME CULTURE

• Watch Red Vs. Blue.
• Read Penny Acade or PvP.
• View PBSs Culture Shock You Decide Video Games.
• Skim gaming magazines.
• Link.
• Pay attention to gaming.

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7. TRY SOME GAMES

• Set Game
• Penguin Baseball
• Bejeweled
• Chicktionary
• Bob the Blob
• Neopets
• Runescape
• Diner Dash
• Snood