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* Tuesday, March 13, 2007

Thanks to Everyone that Attended My SirsiDynix Institute Session!

SirsiDynix Institute talk on gaming in the library

Thank you to everyone who attended! And major gratitude to Tania and Kathryn for their efforts today, as without them it wouldn't have even happened. I am not as at ease in these virtual presentations as I am in a room full of people (even though I am a total "I" introvert), because I'm used to gesticulating, playing off the audience, and moving around a little, so I hope it went well enough.

When the session ended, I forgot to grab my own PDF of the presentation with the polls in order to post it here so until I can get my hands on a copy, I'm going to post my original, poll-less one since I'm already getting requests for it. I know there were still quite a few more questions and we ran out of time for them all, so if you'd like to leave questions in the comments, I'll be happy to respond. You can also try to catch me on AIM at cybrarygal for one-on-one Q&As.

I'll update this post when I (or SirsiDynix) have the version with the polls online because I hope that's the version that will get used with administrators. The questions went exactly as I had hoped - we took a poll, and 60-something% self-identified as non-gamers. (Sorry I don't have the exact numbers, but I forgot to take screenshots, too - oy.) Then when we redefined what "gaming" and "gamer" might mean today and redid the poll, the numbers reversed and almost 60% self-identified as gamers. It helps show that we need to think about these things a little differently in order to truly understand them. It turns out they are us after all.

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