Durham County Library Strategic Plan

Conference Examples

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I'm the Electronic Services Librarian at the Main Library with Durham County Libraries. If you are linking here from the NCLA 2009 Conference, everything from the BLINC presentation is under Social Networking for Career Advancement link below. Previous conference presentations are underneath. Please contact me with comments and/or questions. I am also on Twitter under kmakens.

Outreach 2.0 Powerpoint which includes all the links to example games.
PMOG Handout A basic guide to getting started with PMOG. Please email if you have questions.

Game Design A basic overview of how to get started with Gamemaker. Contact me if you need more.
Gaming in Libraries 2.0 - This is an article that explains some issues to conside when using software like Gamemaker and paying for a service like YDACS. There is no one size fits all solution. Really think about what you want for your library before you decide.

SEFLIN 2008 This presentation shows how some libraries have started using online games as a form of outreach and library instruction. It also shows how you can do the same in your library, even if you have no money or technical knowledge

PMOG How To How to get started with PMOG.
Game Maker Introduction An example of how to learn video game design with shareware.

Library 2.0 Powerpoint- This is a presentation I gave at the South Florida Young Adult Network annual meeting in the summer of 2006. It was meant for an audience of teen librarians, but it gives a good overview of library 2.0 concepts and how they can be applied in a library setting. The second half of the presentation focuses on interesting ways of using video games in libraries. The Gaming in Libraries presentation below has the most current statistics.
Library 2.0 Handout - This is a nice webliography to help with teen librarian professional development, but it is also useful to librarians who work in other areas.

Gaming in Libraries PowerPoint- This is a presentation I gave at the Florida Library Association Conference in the spring. While this presentation is suspiciously similiar to the second half of the one I gave at the SFYAN meeting above, I included this presentation because it nicely breaks down different gaming programs by budget, includes program which were not included above, and the statistics listed are all current.
Gaming in Libraries 2.0 - This is an article that I wrote for Young Adult Library Services in 2007.
Game Design How To - A handout I used for an ALA Midwinter 2007 poster session which shows what kind of videogame design program you can provide with different budgets, abilities, and time available.
Gaming in Libraries Symposium - All the presentations from the 2005 miniconference - really worthwhile. They are PDFs so some of them may take some time to load

Security on the Internet - How to protect your computer and what to do once you've messed up royally. Also included what to do if you think your the victim of identity theft.

Make Your Own Movie!- This is one I used over the summer to show kids how they could make and edit their own movie. Keep your eyes open for beta software from major companies that you can use for your programs!
Teen Tech Week Video Game Design Program - a cheap and relatively stress free way to give a Teen Tech Week program.