Maybe, based on this word from icv2:
According to the American Library Association, researchers from Syracuse University, the ALA and the University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana are working together to look at the effects of bringing videogames and tabletop gaming into libraries. In addition to looking at how to develop a classification structure for games in libraries, the project, called Game Lab, will look at how best to serve patrons through games and gaming activities.
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Game Lab organizers are looking for funding to build a research lab in Syracuse in order to explore new approaches and replicate current library gaming programs. They intend to develop recommendations for libraries related to games and gaming activities in order to effectively target specific demographic groups such as teenagers.
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I guess this is where I wonder when they add a sundae bar?
Tags: video games
Video games in libraries?…
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That’s dumb. Dumb, dumb, dumb. It’s like the University of Ottawa taking out a whole bunch of books from the 5th floor (mostly history & religion) and putting in comfy chairs and a fake fireplace so it looks like Leon’s or The Brick, and the chairs aren’t even good for studying, and people are always talking even if they were, and a lot of the books have been shoved in the annex! Why do people keep trying to make museums and libraries hip?
Like that spaceship that crashed into the ROM. Who thought THAT was a good idea??
Games Gig…
Thanks, Interesting read….
Arcade Splat…
Thanks, Arcade Splat….