The July 2008 episode of Games in Libraries has been posted.  The main portion of this episode is a round table that we recorded at the American Library Association Annual 2008 conference.  In addition, the President’s Citations for Games in Libraries are announced.

You can listen to this episode at
http://www.archive.org/download/gamesinlibrariespodcast_july2008/gamesinlibraries_july2008_64kb.mp3

Looking for other audio formats?  Visit the Internet Archive for more.

At ALA Annual 2008, I recorded the Games and Gaming MIG.  I’ve edited out the business meeting and announcements about what was happening at that ALA.  As it was a microphone in the middle of the room, the sound quality varies on how far away the participants were sitting.

You can listen to the meeting through the Internet Archive at

http://www.archive.org/download/alaannual2008gamesgamingmig/alaggmig2008.mp3

(Or listen in the Embedded Player at the Internet Archive)

Here are URLs for all of the projects mentioned in the Blatant Plug portion of the meeting:

• There is The Librarian guild on World of Warcraft, Kirin-Tor server.  More information at http://thelibrarian.wowstead.com/
• The WhyGames wiki at http://whygames.pbwiki.com/ is the home to a research study being conducted by Liz Danforth about what people experience in a virtual world game.
• The Games, Learning and Society conference is being held July 10-11 in Madison, Wisconsin.
• The Gaming, Learning, and Libraries symposium, sponsored by ALA and the Verizon Foundation, will be Nov. 2-4 in Chicago, Illinois.
• Gencon Indy 2008 has an Education and Trade day on August 13th.
• Chris Harris is leading a project to map board games to New York state learning standards.
• Chris Harris is also giving a talk at Gencon about Games in Libraries.  Anyone with information they would like Chris to share can e-mail him at infomancy@gmail.com
• The Serious Games Initiative has a Games for Health focus for those wanting to learn more about games designed to improve health.
• The International Journal of Gaming and Computer-Mediated Simulations journal has a call for submissions.
• On the Cartoon Network website, there is a Game Creator tool that is very popular with kids.
• A conference was held in World of Warcraft, and a post-conference report is on Science’s site.
• November 15th is National Gaming @ Your Library Day.  There will be a national videogame tournmament, and Hasbro will be donating 16,000 copies of Pictureka for libraries to use.
• The ALA Gaming blog is at http://gaming.ala.org/news/ and the ALA Gaming Wiki is at http://gaming.ala.org/resources/index.php
• The Library Game Lab of Syracuse has the results from last year’s surveys in the Publication section on http://gamelab.syr.edu.  It is also hosting the Games in Libraries podcast, which can be found at http://gamesinlibraries.org.

Discuss this meeting over at the ALA Gaming Blog entry.

Episode 3 of the Games in Libraries podcast is now available!

http://www.archive.org/download/GamesinLibrariesPodcastEpisode3

You can also get it in other formats or listen to it streaming at the Internet Archive

Don’t forget to join us for the Games and Gaming Member Initiative Group meeting on Saturday, June 28th of ALA from 10:00-12:00 in the Sheraton Park Hotel in Plaza A/B!

Kelly Czarnecki - Serious Games

• Games for Change: http://www.gamesforchange.org
• ACRL post by Michelle Boule: http://acrlog.org/2007/06/06/serious-games
• Serious Games:http://www.seriousgamessource.com
• Immune Attack:http://fas.org/immuneattack/

Jason Puckett - Review of Lego Star Wars

Beth Gallaway - Game Ratings by the ESRB

• Entertainment Software Ratings Board: http://www.esrb.org

Chris Harris - Aligning educational standards with games

• AASL standards and gaming: http://sls.gvboces.org/gaming/

Eli Neiburger - WiiWare Roundup

Scott Nicholson - Public Performance of Games in Libraries

• ALLEN v. ACADEMIC GAMES LEAGUE OF AMERICA 89 F.3d 614 (9th Cir.
  1996): http://bulk.resource.org/courts.gov/c/F3/89/89.F3d.614.html

Jenny Levine - ALA Update

• ALA Gaming Blog: http://gaming.ala.org/news/
• ALA Gaming Resources Wiki: http://gaming.ala.org/resources
• I Love Libraries: http://www.ilovelibraries.org/gaming/

You can get this episode from the Internet Archive at
http://www.archive.org/download/GamesInLibrariesPodcastEpisode2

Want to discuss this episode? Head over to the gaming.ala.org blog

Show Notes:
- Beth’s review is about Kutner, Lawrence and Cheryl K. Olson. Grand Theft Childhood: The Surprising Truth About Violent Video Games. New York: Simon & Schuster, 2008. http://www.grandtheftchildhood.com

- Gaming, Learning, and Libraries Symposium information: http://gaming.techsource.ala.org/index.php/Main_Page

- Submit presentation proposal by June 15 at the GLLS site

You can get this episode from the Internet Archive at
http://www.archive.org/download/GamesInLibrariesPodcastEpisode1

Want to discuss this episode? Head over to the gaming.ala.org blog

Show Notes:
- ALA’s blog on Gaming is at http://gaming.ala.org/news
- Press Release on Presidential Citation:
http://www.ala.org/ala/pressreleases2008/february2008/gaming08.cfm
- Citation Application:
http://creator.zoho.com/olos/2008-presidential-gaming-citations/form/1/
- Pandemic information:
http://boardgamegeek.com/game/30549
- Original Orc Holocaust article:
http://www.slate.com/id/2186203
- Gaming @ your library day:
http://ilovelibraries.org/gaming/
- Flickr Group for submitting Gaming pictures:
http://www.flickr.com/groups/gamingatyourlibrary
- Board Games with Scott on Ticket To Ride: http://www.boardgameswithscott.com/?p=19

Welcome to the introductory episode of the Games in Libraries podcast. This episode is a chance for you to get to know the regular contributors to the show. As the show evolves, this episode will be replaced to reflect the new voices on the show.

You can get the episode from the Internet Archive at http://www.archive.org/download/GamesInLibrariesPodcastEpisode0.