Academic Library Gaming Listserv

[Teresa]

Hi Everyone, Please see the message below if you are interested in joining a newly forming listserv to discuss gaming in academic libraries. Send an email to the address below (not me!) to join.

Colleagues,

     I am pleased to announce an upcoming listserv for discussion of video games in academic library contexts (full info below). Meghann Matwichuk and I developed the idea of this forum after noticing discussion of this topic appearing quite often across a range of librarian listservs, but that no specific forum seems to exist for the very many of us who are now involved in building and making accessible games for serious academic use (and not just recreation).

     If you'd like to be a founding member of ACADEMICGAMES, please send me your email address NOW (off-list). We'll kick off the discussion in late October, and are hoping to have a critical mass of participants by then to start things off with a bang. Please pass this email along to any who might be interested.

Best,

Darby

Darby Orcutt

Assistant Head

Collection Management Department

North Carolina State University Libraries

Box 7111

Raleigh, NC  27695-7111

919/ 513-0364

dcor...@ncsu.edu

 

ACADEMICGAMES LISTSERV

This listserv is for the discussion of strategies, models and issues related to academic video game collections in support of research and teaching. It is intended primarily for academic librarians and library staff who select, curate, and/or support access to video games in any format (console, online, etc.) and in any academic library context (circulating collection, gaming lab, special collections, etc.). We welcome members from related communities (teaching faculty, game developers, etc.). This is not a forum for commercial messages or other non-relevant posts.

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