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Title Gaming in academic libraries : collections, marketing, and information literacy / edited by Amy Harris and Scott E. Rice
Published Chicago : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2008

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Description viii, 231 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm
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 and Paul Earp (Texas A&M University-Kingsville) -- Games in the library : creating an awareness of library resources for lifelong library users / Sharon Mazure and Amy Hughes (Fairmont State 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 (University of North Carolina at Greensboro ) -- 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 (University of Dubuque)
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references
Subject 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.
Genre/Form Case studies.
Author Harris, Amy.
Rice, Scott E.
LC no. 2008041626
ISBN 9780838984819 paperback alkaline paper