Comments on: Help Form an ALA Games and Gaming Member Interest Group

By: Laurie

Laurie — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 03:22:39 +0000

Jenny, I was just looking in the bloglines top 1,000 blogs…did you know you are #7??? WOW!!!
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By: jenny

jenny — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:32:47 +0000

Hi, Laurie - Ask notified me about this last month and while I feel incredibly honored, it’s a little too surreal to think about too much! Luckily, this gives me a chance to thank all of you wonderful readers and commenters.

By: george

george — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:41:39 +0000

I would like to assist your petition drive. May I link to this post from http://www.kidsareexpensive.com ?

Thanks!

:O)

By: Judy Nelson

Judy Nelson — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 19:09:47 +0000

YALSA, the fastest growing division in ALA, with a focus on teens services already has a Gaming Interest Group. I’ve copied the information regarding this group below:
Gaming Interest Group
The purpose of this interest group is to discuss issues relating to teens and gaming and to develop and disseminate best practices in collections, programming, and related topics in the field of gaming (including video, computer, internet, handheld, mobile, board, card, and miniatures) for young adults ages 12-18. Bring a program to share, a game recommendation, or your questions about starter collections or successful gaming events. Check out online discussions in ALA’s Online Communities . Convenors: Beth Gallaway and Kelly Czarnecki
Contact the YALSA office at yalsa@ala.org

By: jenny

jenny — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 23:44:12 +0000

That’s true, Judy, and we certainly hope to work closely with it, but the YALSA group by definition focuses only on young adults. This new group covers a much broader audience in all types of libraries for all ages. For example, the YALSA group wouldn’t really address gaming for seniors or creating information literacy games for college students, and it certainly wouldn’t have hosted a symposium that addressed gaming for everyone the way the GLLS one did this past July. This group will be able to help with programming and initiatives that address gaming in a much bigger context, but that certainly doesn’t exclude YALSA members or the existing group. Collaboration is a wonderful thing.

By: Karen Wheeler

Karen Wheeler — Wed, 02 Jan 2008 16:57:00 +0000

I would love to help as well in this movement. I work in a college where we offer degrees for the entertainment industry (art, game programming, engineering). It would be great to talk with other people in ALA about this issue.

By: Computer Gaming Top

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