Help! I need a librarian

A prototype game from the making games for libraries workshop in London, June 2014.

CRAP game

A prototype game from the making games for libraries workshop in London, June 2014.

The Bib Game

A prototype game from the making games for libraries workshop in London, June 2014.

Collect resources for an assigment

A prototype game from the making games for libraries workshop in London, June 2014.

Dewey or Die

A prototype game from the #libraryplay workshop in London, June 2014.

Where is UAL?

A prototype game from a #libraryplay workshop at UAL, London, June 2014.

Book or article...

A prototype game from a #libraryplay workshop at UAL, London, June 2014.

Sush!

A prototype game from a #libraryplay workshop at UAL, London, June 2014.

The Library Quest

A prototype game from a #libraryplay workshop at the University of the Arts, London, June 2014.

More workshops - Manchester & London

More workshops! This time they're slightly shorter...

I've just arranged two more workshops, this time half day (afternoon only) ones and tried to make them as affordable as possible for new professionals and students.

The first is in Manchester on 15th May, the second in London on 13th June.

I've tweaked the content and reduced the timings so they'll fit into an afternoon. This saves money on catering, room hire, and in the case of London, travel & accommodation! It'll still be touch and go whether they break even, but I thought it was worth doing to give more new professionals and students the chance to attend. I've had feedback in the past from people who wanted to go, but their employers wouldn't fund them and they couldn't afford a full priced event. This is their chance!

BTW - do you like my new logo? This is to cover all the bits and pieces I do out of my "normal" job, such as these workshops and the new affordable LIS publishing house I've started.

Referencing Rummy

A referencing card game, based on Gin Rummy.
Thanks to Carol writing them up, instructions follow:

Relevance

A card game, around picking appropriate words to create an effective search strategy based on set concepts.

Wingo

A lecture theatre / large group game around the use of keywords in searching for information.

Spin to Win

A short team game aimed mainly at inductions and basic sessions, can be used with a wide range of questions to adapt the game.

Hot Source - a card game

Hot Source - a card game based on a "top trumps" style idea assessing information sources.

Bust-a-block

Bust-a-block, a library induction style game.

Castle of chaos, a quest for qualitative understanding of information

A #libraryplay board game from the London workshop.

Library crawl

First idea from the making games for libraries event in London! A treasure hunt style idea called "Library Crawl"...

London Workshop!

Next workshop is in a few days time!

This time in London, at CILIP HQ, we've another day of making games for libraries.


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We're expecting 36(!) people on the day, so once more we'll share ideas and prototypes on the blog after the event.

Some more events

 

There are some more events coming up!

I've been asked to run a couple of workshops for similar events, but organised by others - one purely for a college "down South" and one in the South West for the JISC RSC there. There is also the possibility of doing one in Scotland, but nothing arranged yet... may be tempted to organise one from scratch myself up there, but not for a while!

As well as these I've organised a second one myself - this time in London. So, at CILIP HQ on 13th May 2013, I'm running a similar workshop to the one in Leeds at the Rose Bowl. Bookings are open now, but I'm not promoting it widely yet. There was a significant waiting list for the Leeds event, so I've sent out an email to everyone on that list to give them a chance of booking early, before advertising it more widely.