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Get Your Game On @ the Library: Collaboration Between the Learning Commons and Office of Information Technologies
Annual Conference, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), New England Chapter (2013)
  • Sarah C Hutton, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Abigale S Baines, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
  • Iris S Chelaru, University of Massachusetts - Amherst
Abstract
Get Your Game On @ the Library is an event series collaboration between the Learning Commons and the Office of Information Technologies geared to increase student comfort and familiarity with library spaces and staff, and build community across campus groups and departments through tabletop, board, card, and video games. This session will look a the planning, workflow and implementation of the series, with multimedia examples and video testimonials.
Keywords
  • student engagement,
  • student retention,
  • social learning,
  • playful learning,
  • student communities,
  • library,
  • libraries,
  • higher education,
  • gaming,
  • games
Disciplines
Publication Date
Spring May 10, 2013
Citation Information
Sarah C Hutton, Abigale S Baines and Iris S Chelaru. "Get Your Game On @ the Library: Collaboration Between the Learning Commons and Office of Information Technologies" Annual Conference, Association of College & Research Libraries (ACRL), New England Chapter (2013)
Available at: http://works.bepress.com/sarah_hutton/2/