This document discusses gaming programs at public libraries. It describes how the Ann Arbor District Library in Michigan ran gaming tournaments using GameCube and PS2 systems with 8-32 players. They developed a registration system to track scores and create brackets for tournaments. Tournaments were recorded and aired on local cable TV. As of 2006, the library had run 11 large and 27 small gaming events. The document argues that gaming attracts young patrons to the library and that libraries are social institutions, so gaming is a natural fit.

1. 遊戲在圖書館
Game in Library
XXC 陳啟亮
2007/12/2

2. 師大 圖書資
訊學研究所
碩士論文進行
• My thesis is about Back-of-the-book indexing

3. Why Library
Gaming?

4. Worth public library
• Under the youth service
– Summer Reading Program Voyage to Book Island
( http://www.worthlibrary.
com/SummerReading.htm )
– Open game hours, game
tournament hours
– Xbox 360, GameCube, PS-2
– Blockbuster

5. Ann Arbor District Library
• In youth service
• A 5-month gaming tournament
(August 2005)
– GameCube *8 (Mario Kart), PS2
*2 (DDR)
– A registration, scoring,
bracketing system.
– A recordings of the tournaments
run on local cable-access
channels
– A DVD of highlights from the
season.
• As of summer 2006, AADL had
run 11 large tournaments and 27
small events.
Photo from http://eliworks.com/dav/tourneygames.pdf

6. • ALA (American Library Association) TechSource, 2007

7. Why
Game in Library
• 吸引弱勢群體進入圖書館
• Games are content

8. 但是,許多人想
到的遊戲是…

10. 而不是

11. ()
By Scott Nicholson, http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/presentations/glls2007/20070722ScottNicholson.pdf

12. By Scott Nicholson, http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/presentations/glls2007/20070722ScottNicholson.pdf

13. By Scott Nicholson, http://theshiftedlibrarian.com/presentations/glls2007/20070722ScottNicholson.pdf

14. 博狀元餅
• 狀元餅*1
• 榜眼餅*2
• 探花餅*4
• 進士餅*8
• 舉人餅*16
• 秀才餅*32

15. 陞官圖(圖)

17. Gaming is
Social activity

18. Library is a
Social
Institution

19. More photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ideastore/

20. More photo http://www.flickr.com/photos/tags/ideastore/