Game Library Gains National Attention

Library Technology Specialist Brian Mayer authored two articles for the most recent issue of Knowledge Quest, the journal of the American Association of School Librarians. The Spet/Oct 2011 issue, guest edited by School Library System Coordinator Christopher Harris, addresses educational gaming. The Genesee Valley School Library System's collection of curriculum aligned modern board games has become a model program for school libraries throughout the country as evidenced by other articles in this issue quoting Mayer's work from the SLS website. One of Mayer's articles addresses the alignments that we have completed linking the games in our library to the AASL Standards for the 21st Century Learner and the new Common Core Standards. The second, an interview with noted game designer Martin Wallace, helps shed light on the role of game designer as author of another type of curriculum resource provided through the school library. "Speaking as both SLS Coordinator and Knowledge Quest Guest Editor, I commend Brian Mayer both for his many contributions to the school library profession and for being an excellent representation of the great work done within the Genesee Valley Educational Partnership," Harris noted. Mayer and Harris will be presenting two, half-day pre-conference workshops as part of the AASL National Conference next month in Minnesota.