Web 2.0 and Gaming in Libraries
Published on 24. April 2009
100 pages
978-1-84855-571-6 (ISBN)
Description
More and more libraries from all sectors are beginning to embrace Web 2.0 technologies and to investigate the potential of social networking, blogs, podcasting, wikis, gaming and other tools to connect with younger members of their user community in particular. This e-book reports on some of the most recent developments and activities in this dynamic, and often controversial, area.
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Content
- Cover
- CONTENTS
- EDITORIAL ADVISORY BOARD
- Guest editorial
- The Web 2.0 challenge to libraries
- Online book clubs for preteens and teens
- The case for video games in libraries
- Go back to start: gathering baseline data about gaming in libraries
- Making games seriously
- Untangling the relationship between libraries, young adults and Web 2.0
- Book reviews
