“The American Library Association (ALA) will launch an innovative project to track and measure the impact of gaming on literacy skills and build a model for library gaming that can be deployed nationally. Funding for the project will be provided by a $1 million grant from the Verizon Foundation. ”
The funds helped us to pay for the Open Gaming Night and collect model programs from a dozen libraries, programs that will be instituted in non-gaming libraries. We’ll also be creating “The Librarians Guide to Gaming, a comprehensive, online literacy, and gaming toolbox.
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