playing the game: gaming and libraries

OCLC Online Computer Library Center

Playing the Game:Gaming and Libraries

OCLC Smith Board Room

Ben Derr

Ray Haines

Alison Little

OCLC


Today’s Typical Gamers

Here they are…

…or

are

they??


Meet today’s online gamers


Gaming is nothing new.


It’s just adapted to a new age.


Today’s Information Consumers

Let’s say our typical Internet user and our typical gamer plan to buy a digital camera. Let’s compare strategy…


Games

Now we have a short demo …


Evolution of gaming resources

1978: first electronic bulletin board (CBBS)

1993: Countless thousands of dial-up BBS’s.

Landmark game Doom is released.

Today: Internet enabled collaboration~

~

2004: 30 year anniversary of Dungeons and Dragons. It peaked in the 80’s, but 4 million still play regularly.


Today’s information consumers

The gamer’s strategy is based on…

Multi-tasking

Social networking

Collaboration

Immediacy

Hands-on application

Blurred lines between work and play


Comparison

Portal WebSites

PlanetQuake

WebJunction

http://webjunction.org

http://www.planetquake.com


Layout comparisonTabbed pages


Layout comparisonThree columns

Center column for news and information.

~Left/right columns, added features and

navigation.~

Contents clearly categorized and

interactive.


Team collaboration

Gaming strategies for the library

Librarymoderation

LibrarymoderationOnline chat, blogs

Downloads, demostutorials

Community moderation

Onlineworking forums

Creative game play

Social networking

Peer collaboration


Questions?

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