Preconference:
Get Your Game On: Libraries, Learning and Games (Preconference)
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Room:
Oregon Convention Center –
D137-140
- Aaron Schmidt MLIS
Digital Initiatives Library, District of Columbia Public Library
- Eli Neiburger
Associate Director, IT and Product Development, Ann Arbor District Library
If you don't know MMORPGs from DDR, this workshop is for you. It addresses two related aspects of gaming in libraries: hosting gaming events and gamings' impact on learning.
Learn how gaming can make your library more fun and how you can use gaming to participate in this developing form of literacy. Workshop attendees have the opportunity to play some games, increasing their understanding of gaming's appeal and possible applications in their environment.
Benefits and Learning Objectives
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to identify popular video, computer, and board games.
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to articulate how gaming is changing learning.
- At the end of this program, participants will be able to list 5 best practices for hosting a gaming event.
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Technology:
Open Source Works!
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Room:
Oregon Convention Center –
C123-124
- Bill Ptacek
Director, King County Library System
- Jed Moffitt
Director of Information Technology Services, King County Library System
- Matt Carlson
Project Coordinator, King County Library System
- Ben Hyman
Manager of Library Policy and Technology, Public Library Services of the Ministry of Education
- Amy Terlaga
Assistant Director, User Services, Bibliomation, Inc.
- Eli Neiburger
Associate Director, IT and Product Development, Ann Arbor District Library
- Lori Bowen Ayre
Sr. Consultant and Founder, Galecia Group
In this program, you will hear from public libraries that have put their weight down on the side of open-source systems. Speakers will come from libraries who have committed to migrating to the Evergreen open source ILS. Speakers will talk about their respective paths to open source and share insights and processes that have worked for them. We will de-mystify open-source library systems and show that you can do it if you want to.
Benefits and Learning Objectives
- Participants will learn about the benefits and risks of moving to an open source system and how to effectively hedge their bets.
- Participants will learn specific effective processes that will help them migrate to an open-source system in a stepwise manner.
- Participants will leave with good connections to the growing library open-source community. They'll get to know colleagues that can help them as resources for their own migration.
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