The Librarian's Guide to Gaming:
An Online Toolkit for Building Gaming 
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 "Playing games in today's public and schol libraries is a profoundly social experience for library patrons both young and old."
~Dale Lipshultz
ALA Office for Literacy and Outreach
Chicago, IL
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Table of Contents
Best Practices
Staff Training
- Get Your Game On: Videogames at the Library
- PLA Gaming in the Stacks
Public Libraries
- Ace of Games Festival, Kellogg-Hubbard Library, Montpelier (VT)
- After School Gaming Club, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (NC)
- Anime Con, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (NC)
- Dance Dance Revolution/Guitar Hero II Tournament
Ann Arbor District Library (MI)
- Digital Arts Workshops, Carvers Bay Branch, Georgetown County Library (SC)
- Dungeons & Dragons Afternoon Adventures, Allen County Public Library (IN)
- Family Gaming, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Game Design, Hennepin County Library (MN)
- Game Maker Academy, Wilmette Public Library (IL)
- Game Tournaments, Collection & Gaming Corner, John C. Fremont Library (CO)
- GameTap, Westmont Public Library (IL)
- Gaming Club, Carvers Bay Branch, Georgetown County Library (SC)
- Gaming as Outreach, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Gaming with Teens, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Gaming with Youth, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Gaming Zone for Adults, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (NC)
- Geocaching Big Game, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenberg County (NC)
- In-House Circulation of DS Handhelds, Pierce County Library System (WA)
- Large Group Gaming: Smarty Pants at the Senior Center, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Machinima
Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Madden Tournament, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Mario Kart/Super Smash Tournament, Ann Arbor District Library (MI)
- Mini-Anime Con,Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Monopoly Tournament, Cornelius Branch, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Pokemon Tournment, Ann Arbor District Library (MI)
- Open Gaming, Hennepin County Library (MN)
- Rock Band Tournament, Pima County Library (AZ)
- Scrabble Club, Woburn Public Library (MA)
- Systemwide Teen Gaming Initiative, Columbus Metropolitan Library (OH)
- Systemwide Teen Gaming, New York Public Library Metropolitan Library (NY)
- Teen Summer Reading Program Videogame Tournament, ImaginOn, Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County (NC)
- Tweens & Teens Gaming, Pima County Librar (AZ)
- Wii for Seniors, Old Bridge Public Library (NJ)
- World of Warcraft, Central Arkansas Library System (AR)
Academic Libraries
- Gaming Initiative, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
Gaming in the Classroom
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (IL)
- Game Night, Colby College (ME)
- Information Literacy through Fantasy Football, University of Dubuque (IA)
- Information Literacy Instruction Using Gaming Strategies, University of Dubuque (IA)
- National Gaming Day at UIUC, University of Illinois atUrbana-Champaign (IL)
- Open Gaming Study Break, University of Dubuque (IA)
- Videogame Career Night and Free Play, Phoenix College Library (AZ)
School Libraries
- 1960: The Making of the President, Oakfield-Alabama Middle-High School Media Center (NY)
- Ancient Civilizations with Middle School Students, Elba Central School District (NY)
- Game On! Afterschool Tutoring and Game Club, Northwest School of the Arts (NC)
- Max: Board Games for Young Children, Genesee Valley BOCES (NY)
- Power Grid, Letchworth Central School (NY)
- RHS Game Club, Reidland High School (KY)
- RHS Cyber Night, Reidland High School (KY)
- RHS Rocket Boys Big Game, Reidland High School (KY)
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