Games and gamification in academic libraries / edited by Stephanie Crowe, Eva Sclippa.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Sclippa, Eva, editor.

Crowe, Stephanie, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Educational games.

Gamification.

Computer-assisted instruction.

Libraries--Special collections--Games.

Libraries.

Libraries--Activity programs.

Active learning.

Academic libraries--Collection development.

Academic libraries.

Games.

Physical Description:

1 online resource : color illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Chicago, Illinois : Association of College and Research Libraries, 2020.

Summary:

In four sections--An Overview of Games and Gamification, Adding and Maintaining a Circulating Game Collection to your Library, Games and Gamification in Information Literacy Instruction, and Programming and Outreach through Games--Games and Gamification in Academic Libraries explores incorporating games into first-year experience programs, using games to help students engage with special collections, making games accessible, and ideas for game nights and events.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Introduction

Section I. An Overview of Games and Gamification

1 The Gaming Program at Oxford College Library

2 Here You Can Play: Fostering Creativity in an Academic Library

3 Adding "Flair" and Escaping the Usual: Gamifying Training

4 Level Up! Making Games Accessible

Section II Adding and Maintaining a Circulating Game Collection in Your Library

5 Taming the Beast: Game Collection Management in an Academic Library

6 Instructional Gaming Levels Up!

7 Lessons Learned from Circulating a Tabletop Game Collection at a Small, Academic Library

Section III Games and Gamification in Information Literacy Instruction

8 Play's the Thing: Using Games to Create Authentic Learning Experiences in the One-Shot Workshop

9 Trial By Fire: Gaming and Badging in an FYE Program

10 Saving the World with Information Literacy: Playing with Information in a For-Credit Class

11 Breaking Out of the Ordinary: Using BreakoutEDU and Escape Rooms in the Academic Library

12 Make Your Escape: Experiences with Gamified Library Programming

Section IV Programming and Outreach through Games

13 So Overt It's Covert: Learning via Games in the Library

14 Where Do We Go from Here? Expanding the Reach of Your Gaming Events

15 Out of the Class and Onto the Board: Building Student-Faculty Relationships and Easing Library Anxiety through Board Game Nights

16 Dewey Decimated!: Creating an Immersive Escape Room from Beginning to End

About the Authors.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Other Format:

Print version: Games and gamification in academic libraries.

ISBN:

0-8389-4787-5

OCLC:

1152316166