Tame The Web

http://www.theshiftedlibrarian.com/archives/2007/04/01/if_youre_not_gaming_youre_losing.html

Jenny writes:

Erik and Jaap, our February visitors from the public library in Delft, Holland, returned home safely and quickly got to work putting together the 40-minute documentary they filmed about innovation in libraries, particularly around gaming. It premiered a couple of weeks ago to great reviews, and now they’re working on an [...]

I am most impressed with Timothy Grieg’s post about his research project for his Masters:

[My] project seeks to develop a framework for the ways in which game design and e-learning theories might inform the future design and development of library interfaces within virtual world environments by considering an example of an emerging online library, [...]

Opening Week 027 Originally uploaded by acplyas.

Sean Robinson writes: “We have just opened our new library and things are going really well. One of the designs in the new building was the creation of this video gaming area. Katie Jabobs is running this area and came up with many of the design elements. [...]

Just Arrived in My Mailbox Originally uploaded by mstephens7.

Find out more: http://www.techsource.ala.org/ltr/gaming-and-libraries-intersection-of-services.html

http://www.flickr.com/photos/timothygreigdotcom/sets/72157594410634966/

I met Timothy Grieg virtually (via Flickr!) when I gave a presentation in New Zealand in October vis the Web. Today, Stephen Abram let me know that Timothy had transformed Abram, Jenny Levine and I into “Miis.” I have so much to learn about the Wii and Mii… Timothy writes:

One of the [...]