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<font size=3>Devin,<br><br>
as it happens, I just taught a course in San Jose State's huge Library
and Information Studies in program (> 2000 students now) on
"Gaming and Libraries." <br><br>
I think we could be involved, but just need to be clear about what they
have in mind. ALA is more about programs than collections, and this
initiative is oriented more towards gaming and gaming cultures and their
impact on libraries. Relevant topics are information
literacy, use of game collections and multiplayer gaming as draws into
traditional libraries, what librarians need to know about games,
etc. Not so much preservation, which would be more a Library of
Congress issue, and that of course is what got the NDIIPP project
started. The community around these topics tends to be more public
than academic librarians. Important stuff, of course,
just a matter of figuring out how to connect these interests to
collection-building and preservation (which is kind of what my class
ended up being about).<br><br>
Henry<br><br>
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At 10:58 AM 7/22/2008, Captain Commando wrote:<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite="">Gamespot reports on how the
American Library Association has gotten $1m in funding to develop a
library of game software. Is anyone with the SIG involved in this? This
seems like something we should be working closely with.<br><br>
<a href="http://www.gamespot.com/news/6193196.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;6">
http://www.gamespot.com/news/6193196.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=newstop&tag=newstop;title;6</a>
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-- <br>
The sleep of Reason produces monsters.<br><br>
"Until next time..."<br>
Captain Commando <br>
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Film & Media Collections<br>
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