First LGL Outing

February 22, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

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We had our first outing of the Library Game Lab on Feb. 21st for Gaylord/Demco. They were having a meeting of marketing folks, and wanted me to give a talk and then run the Game Lab in the evening. We learned a lot about setup and what else we needed. It was interesting that the video games were the first big draw, then as the evening went on, people moved to the board and analog games. I have some theories about this.

Big thanks to Jeremy Morgan and Tamara, both of whom came out to help run the Game Lab, both of whom are at the back table in lab coats in this picture:
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More pictures are at http://flickr.com/photos/snicholson/sets/72157603960895110/

Nice article on the Library Game Lab

February 12, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

There was a nice article on the Library Game Lab in the SU Student newspaper. It did a good job of talking to key players and getting several perspectives.

You can read it online.

New article on Game research in School Media libraries

February 4, 2008 Uncategorized No Comments

In this month’s Library Media Connection, you’ll find a article about just the school media libraries who responded to my 2007 gaming census. The article is

Nicholson, Scott. (2008). Finish your games so you can start your schoolwork: A look at gaming in school libraries. Library Media Connection 26(5), 52-55.

You can find a preprint of the article at
http://librarygamelab.org/gamesschoolwork.pdf