Re: {LibGaming} Re: Internet Usage Policies for Internet Gaming on Public Comput

[BWS Johnson]

Salvete!

>We would like to offer Internet gaming, for the first time ever, in our Children's area. We have 6
>computers that have had pre-packaged software games in the past. There has been a lot of concern
>expressed by our administrators and technology coordinator regarding this request to offer Internet
>gaming. We talked about having whitelists or blacklists for certain games, but that seems unmanageable.
>We want to make the computers as open as possible, without causing harm to the computers or the kids.
>Can anyone help me by directing me to library Web sites that have clear-cut policies for game-playing on
>public computers? Any guidance will be most welcome.


I know that you are looking for policy specifics BUT, I'm going to add this in hopes that it might help.

A good way to keep an online simple gaming experience positive, and please your information bloodhound Librarians at the same time, is to ferret out a links list. It may seem old fashioned, but if you provide links on the Library website to things that are appealing as games and in line with your vision, people will use them. It won't get everyone, but you'll notice that a number of Patrons will use what you link. As with everything in gaming, the top priority has to be fun. You'll also find that if you're slightly nosy, you'll discover sites that your Patrons knew about first and you'll be able to tack those on to the link list.

Cheers,
Brooke

[Beth Gallaway]

I'd like to advocate a policy link to serious games or educational games or even game creation tools. I have an annotated list of links at

http://delicious.com/informationgoddess29/onlinegame


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