Gamification in Academic Libraries

Presentation Slides

Background:

• Caillois, R. (1961). Man, play, and games. New York: Free Press of Glencoe.
• Nicholson, S. (2012) Strategies for meaningful gamification: Concepts behind transformative play and participatory museums. Proceedings of Meaningful Play, Lansing, MI.

Collections:

• Slobuski, T., Robson, D., & Bentley, P. J. (2017). Arranging the pieces: A survey of library practices related to a tabletop game collection. Evidence Based Library and Information Practice, 12(1), 2-17.

Orientation:

• Gregory, A. S. and Broussard, M. J. S. (2011, March 31). Unraveling the “Mystery” of the Library: A 'Big Games' Approach to Library Orientation. Presentation at ACRL 2011, Philadelphia, PA.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2016). The Lyco Map Game: A blended approach to teaching campus history. In M. Gregor and S. Rice (Eds.), E-learning and the academic library: Essays on innovative initiatives (pp. 25-38). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Clyde, J., & Thomas, C. (2008). Building an information literacy first-person shooter. Reference Services Review, 36(4), 366-380.
• Donald, J. (2008). The 'Blood on the Stacks' ARG: Immersive marketing meets library new student orientation. In A. Harris, & S. E. Rice (Eds.), Gaming in academic libraries: Collections, marketing, and information literacy (pp. 189-211). Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Jack, E., & McMichael, J. (2014). In the library with the candlestick: Adapting Clue for the  special collections library. In B. A. Kirsch (Ed.), Games in libraries: Essays on using play to connect and instruct (pp. 125-151). Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
• Smith, A.L. and Baker, L.A. (2011). Getting a clue: Creating student detectives and dragon slayers in your library. Reference Services Review, 39(4), 628-642.
• Battles, J., Glenn, V., & Shedd, L. (2011). Rethinking the library game: Creating an alternate reality with social media. Journal of Web Librarianship, 5(2), 114-131.

Outreach:

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2013). No muggles in the library tonight! Harry Potter Night at an academic library. Library Trends, 61(4), 814-824.

Education:

• Broussard, M. J. S. & Oberlin, J. U. (2011). Using online games to fight plagiarism: A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. Indiana Libraries, 30(1), 28-39.
• Broussard, M. J. S. (2010). Secret agents in the library: Integrating virtual and physical games in a small academic library. College and Undergraduate Libraries, 17(1), 20-30.
• Markey, K. (2010). The benefits of integrating an information literacy skills game into academic coursework: A preliminary evaluation. D-Lib Magazine, 16(July/August).
• Markey, K., Swanson, F., Jenkins, A., Jennings, B., St. Jean, B., Rosenberg, V., et al. (2009). Will undergraduate students play games to learn how to conduct library research? Journal of Academic Librarianship, 35(4), 303-313.
• Battles, J., Glenn, V., & Shedd, L. (2011). Rethinking the library game: Creating an alternate reality with social media. Journal of Web Librarianship, 5(2), 114-131.
• Foasberg, N. (2017). Spyfall: Information games and scholarly conversation. College & Research Libraries News, 78(4), 218-219.

Implementation:

• Broussard, M. J. S. (2012). Digital games in academic libraries: A review of games and suggested best practices. Reference Services Review, 40(1), 75-89.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). Knowing when to create a game. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (pp. 30-41). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.
• Broussard, M.J.S. (2014). A bag of tricks for successful library games. In B. Kirsch (Ed.), Making and using games in academic libraries: A practical approach (203-216). Jefferson, NC: McFarland.

Other Recommended Resources:

• Harris, A. & Rice, S. E. (Eds.), Gaming in academic libraries: Collections, marketing, and information literacy. Chicago: Association of College and Research Libraries.
• Kirsch, B. A. (2014). Games in libraries: Essays on using play to connect and instruct. Jefferson, NC: McFarland & Company.
• McDevitt, T. R. (Ed.) (2011). Let the games begin! : Engaging students with field-tested interactive information literacy instruction. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers.
• Smale, M. A. (2011). Learning through quests and contests: Games in information literacy instruction. Journal of Library Innovation, 2(2). 36-55.

Games Discussed:

• Lyco Dog Mystery (See Gregory & Broussard, 2011)
• Lyco Map Game (See Broussard, 2016)
• Benevolent Blue (see Clyde & Thomas)
• Head Hunt
• Blood on the Stacks (See Donald)
• Clue (See Smith & Baker AND Jack & McMichael)
• Velius (See Battles et al., 2011)
• Harry Potter Wizard Duel Trivia (Broussard, 2013)
• Bibliobouts (See Markey, 2010)
• Defense of Hidgeon (See Markey et al., 2009)