ALA Annual 2014 GameRT Conference Program

Using Meaningful Gamification to Motivate Library Users: A Hands-on Workshop by Scott Nicholson Meaningful Gamification is the use of game design elements to help someone find meaning in a

A GameRT view on ALA Annual

July 3, 2014 phil ALAPlay, Conferences, GameRT, Initiatives, Past Conferences

The past weekend saw the American Library Association’s Annual conference (ALA Annual) in Las Vegas. As an Australian on a budget, sadly your humble editor

ALA Midwinter 2014 GameRT Conference Program

January 27, 2014 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Golden Gamers: Equitable and Inclusive Gaming Events for the Elderly by John Pappas Tabletop board gaming is a creative, multi-generational, social and fun activity. While there

ALA Annual 2013 GameRT Conference Program

July 27, 2013 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Turning Game Players into Creators | Scott Nicholson, Brian Mayer Interested in turning game players into creators? The GameRT will provide you with some great program ideas for

ALA Midwinter 2013 GameRT Conference Program

January 27, 2013 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Through the Looking Glass of Assessment: Developing an assessment toolkit to help spread the word about the value of games in libraries by Ron T. Brown

ALA Annual 2012 GameRT Conference Program

July 27, 2012 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Exploring Stories through Interactive Fiction by Scott Nicholson Remember ZORK? Text-based interactive fiction is a game genre that has existed for decades, but has not been heavily used

ALA Midwinter 2012 GameRT Conference Program

January 27, 2012 GAMERT Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Lemon Tree by Dave Pattern Lemon Tree is a project to “gamify” the library experience at the University of Huddersfield (UK). The project is still in its infancy, but

Notes from the Beyond Gaming Tournaments Program…

July 5, 2008 Beth Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

Are now up on the YALSA blog!

Games and Gaming Member Interest Group Meeting, Saturday 6/27

June 30, 2008 Beth Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

EDIT 7/10/08: Audio from session available! 20 people attended the games and gaming member interest group meeting Saturday at 10AM. The mission of the group

ALA Presidential Citation for Gaming Winners!

June 30, 2008 Beth Conferences, GameRT, Past Conferences

ALA received 33 submissions in three categories for the first ever Presidential Citation for Gaming, for libraries –and librarians — of all kinds that use