Gamers--in the library?! : The why, what, and how of videogame tournaments for all ages / Eli Neiburger

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Neiburger, Eli

Publication details: Chicago : American Library Association, 2007Description: 178 p. : ilISBN:

9780838909447

Summary: Step boldly into a new arena of library programming with lifetime gamer and technology manager of the Ann Arbor District Library, Eli Neiburger. As a leading expert on producing videogame toumaments and events, Neiburger explains why videogame programming holds huge potential for libraries. Follow these practical and proven guidelines to get answers to all your questions from convincing the skeptics to getting audience feedback through your blog. Gain familiarity with the basics of software, hardware, and gaming culture; Understand how videogaming events fit into the library's mission; Learn what works and what doesn't from the experiences of the nation's leading expert; Find out how to conduct a tournament in your library including how to plan, set up, and run any size event; Market your events, build an audience, and get feedback. Don't miss out on an entire generation of library users. With game-savvy librarians and this must-have resource, you'll soon be building a brand new audience of library-loyal videogame fans. (Font: Editor)

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Centre d' Informació i Documentació del CERC	B+S Nei 07	1	Available		1900142135

Foreword / by Anne Valentine Martino -- Introduction -- 1. This is a library, not an Arcade, and other entirely artificial distinctions -- 2. The gaming world and how it can be appropriately appropriated into the library world -- 3. Software, hardware, and other ware -- 4. Planning your events, or getting geeky with it -- 5. How to promote your events, or infecting the growth medium -- 6. Setting it up, or more about cables than you ever wanted to know -- 7. Running a tournament, or why the Thirty-third player always shows up right after you make the bracket -- 8. Now what? Or how to leverage the interesting smell you’ve discovered -- 9. Links, resources, and even a Book or two -- Index

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