2. Dan Hood Information Literacy Fellow LOEX of the West 2008 Las Vegas, NV Carnegie Mellon University Libraries

3. "..don't use force in training the children in the subjects, but rather games.” Plato, The Republic (421 BCE)

4. Project Overview Why Games Play!

5. Why Games?

6. Public Libraries Marketing Academic Libraries Teaching 2 Distinct Uses

7. Other Library Gaming Projects University of Calgary Hardplay (Future)Hardplay Arizona State Quarantined UNC Greensboro The Information Literacy Game

8. Everyone’s a Gamer Average Game Player Age is: 33 25% -- 50+ yrs. 44% -- 18-49 yrs. 31% -- under 18 yrs From Entertainment Software AssocationFrom Entertainment Software Assocation, 2007.

9. Is This Our Audience?

10. Why (not) Edu-gaming? Cons –Integration –Traditional assessment is boring –Development tools –The "Lame Factor“ Pros –Learning = Fun?! –No consequence for failure –Master skills in demand by today’s employers –Games offer attributes important for learning

11. Gaming & Culture History Progress New Audiences

12. As Easy as Pong

14. World of Information

17. Virtually Physical

19. Mental Health

20. http://media.ds.ign.com/media/899/899492/img_4819084.html http://media.ds.ign.com/media/740/740437/img_3448533.html

22. Arcade @ Home

24. What About the Web?

26. The Library Arcade Project

27. The Grant $50,000 “to develop and promote engaging, web- based information literacy tutorials for students throughout Southwestern Pennsylvania and beyond” Build on momentum from Eden Hall $168,000 grant Stipulations Must be an Outreach Component Open Source/Customizable/Easily Modded

28. The Team Librarians Biomedical, Chemical, Materials Engineering Software Engineering Information Literacy ETC Faculty Advisor ETC Students Computer Science Electronics/Communication Fine Art Psychology Journalism

29. ETC Entertainment Technologies CenterEntertainment Technologies Center Masters of Entertainment Technology, 2 year degree Semester-long project Team is design firm

30. March 2006 to Present Project Timeline [Phase 1] Decide to make games/team forms (March 2006 ~ August 2006) [Phase 2] Design and Production of Games (September 2006 ~ February 2007) [Phase 3] Testing and Marketing Begins (March 2007 ~ August 2007)

31. User Testing & Feedback In Library and Student Union Assessment Survey Monkey

32. Game One

33. Game Two

34. Game Three

35. Game Four

36. Problems Library Centricity! Working with an inexperienced team META Problem – ACRL Standards Bandwidth…have some on hand

37. Future Directions Get more $$$ Complete games 3 & 4 Track players’ progress Add storyline (wrapper) Create a new team Marketing plan

38. Recommendations Overestimate budget Overestimate time investment Have a champion (project manager, leader) If outsourcing, be strict with designers Learn Flash?!

39. Our Sites Library Arcade www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc www.library.cmu.edu/Libraries/etc Play the games Learn about the developers Take the survey Planning Blog cmlibrarygaming.wordpress.com/ Find references on gaming See the survey results Share your research on gaming

40. U Haz Questions?

41. References Game Player Data- Fact Sheet, Entertainment Software Association, http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php (Accessed November 5, 2007). http://www.theesa.com/facts/gamer_data.php UNC Greensboro, The Information Literacy Game (2004).The Information Literacy Game Arizona State, Quarantined (2005).Quarantined University of Calgary, Hardplay (2007).Hardplay Pong Screenshot, http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Pong.png, (2007).http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/f/f8/Pong.png Pokemon Trading Card image taken from Ebay sale reference, http://mollybol.50megs.com/Mollyweb/Book/Diary%20Pics/pokthur.JPG, (2007). http://mollybol.50megs.com/Mollyweb/Book/Diary%20Pics/pokthur.JPG Big Brain Academy Screenshot, IGN.com, http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/795/795126/big-brain- academy-wii-degree-20070608011557637.jpg, (Accessed 11/05/2007). http://wiimedia.ign.com/wii/image/article/795/795126/big-brain- academy-wii-degree-20070608011557637.jpg Flash Focus Screenshot, IGN.com, http://media.ds.ign.com/media/899/899492/img_4819084.html, (Accessed November 5, 2007). http://media.ds.ign.com/media/899/899492/img_4819084.html Brain Age Screenshot, IGN.com, http://media.ds.ign.com/media/740/740437/img_3448533.html, (Accessed November 5, 2007). http://media.ds.ign.com/media/740/740437/img_3448533.html All other images taken from their respective Wikipedia.com entries