Jenny Levine, ALA & Aaron Schmidt, North Plains Public Library
- http://theshiftedlibrarian.pbwiki.com/
- Numbers
- define gamer
- define gamer
- there are a lot of young gamers
- not just teenage boys in the basement along
- boomers 77 million
- avg 21-year-old = 5000 hours
- 33 avg age of gamer
- online gamers = largest percentage is middle-ages women
- Flickr photos of gamers
- Nintendo Wii
- gamers
- see themselves as a hero on a quest
- willing to experiment and keep trying
- willing to seek expertise & ask for help
- desire to collaborate
- learn from mistakes & adapt quickly
- thrive on fast decision making
- have an inherent distrust of bosses
- format agnostic
- don’t want to be spoon-fed
- are used to creating content
- expect interaction, rewards, customization
- engaging strategies
- collection development
- Mario Brothers Memorial Library
- Gaming Target
- support materials/services
- gaming night for families
- www.ocls.info/gaming
- www.myspace.com/gamespryte
- reader’s advisory
- what movies do you like
- what tv shows do you watch
- what games do you play
- 10 YA novels w/ gaming plots
- provide board games
- GeoCaching
- Open play
- kids bring in their own gaming equipment
- Support w/ a blog
- lots of comments
- free online games
- reunscape
- step mania
- 4 librarians
- good experience
- “Game Pods”
- Tournament Play
- Bibliographic Instruction
- Game creation
- Participation Gap
- lifelong learning
- potential gaming groups
- families
- DDR
- Mario Kart
- Wii Sports
- 20- and 30-somethings
- DDR
- Guitar Hero
- Halo
- middle-aged women
- DDR
- greatest generation men
- WWII games
- Nintendo DS handheld
- Built in Wireless
- Brain Age
- Communal Experience
- Further Reading