Games – THATCamp Libraries 2013 http://libraries2013.thatcamp.org The Humanities and Technology Camp Tue, 26 Feb 2013 19:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.12 Session Proposal: Gaming the Library http://libraries2013.thatcamp.org/02/12/gaming-the-library/ http://libraries2013.thatcamp.org/02/12/gaming-the-library/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2013 19:33:28 +0000 http://libraries2013.thatcamp.org/?p=285

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“Gaming” as a subject crosses many disciplinary boundaries: literature, music, art, math, computer science, physics, education, media studies, and business — not to mention the application of game theory to still more areas.

  • How do we best support and encourage game studies, gaming research, game development in the library?
  • What technology, materials, platforms, media, spaces, collections, services do we need in libraries to support gaming culture at our institutions?
  • What skills, knowledge, competencies, literacies do we need as librarians?
  • How can we use games in and as library instruction?
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