On January 16th, the ALA Council approved the formation of the Games and Gaming Member Initiative Group. The charge for the group, is:
To engage those interested in games and gaming activities in libraries and to collaborate with ALA units to support gaming initiatives and programs across the Association. Games, as defined in their broadest sense to include traditional and modern board, card, video, mobile, computer, live-action, roleplaying and miniature games, and gaming activities, including planning and running gaming programs, providing games for informal play, developing a game collection, creating games, development of information and other literacies through games and partnering with other community organizations to support gaming, will be topics for professional exploration. This group is open to all
members.
Scott Nicholson (srnichol at syr.edu), associate professor at the Syracuse University School of Information Studies and director of the Library Game Lab of Syracuse, appeared before the ALA Committee on Organization on January 15th as a Designated Organizer with a petition with 149 member signatures to request that the group be started as a channel to bring together librarians of all types to talk about tabletop and digital games.
The Member Initiative Group structure is designed for new topics and creates an ALA organization that lives for 3 years. After that time, if the group is flourishing, it can apply to become part of the ALA's permanent organizational structure as a Round Table. ALA will be creating a discussion forum, blog, wiki, and other methods for the group to begin discussions shortly. More information about the Library Game Lab of Syracuse and updates on the Games and Gaming MIG will be posted here.
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I am looking for multiplayer offline games. IS the XBox 360 or the ps 3 the best system to buy
Multiplayer offline games are hard to find. I suppose sports games like Madden 2008, Winning Eleven, FIFA 2008, and NBA 2K8 are always your best bet. You can also try Kane & Lynch. There is a cooperative 2 player mode in that game. Splinter Cell Double Agent is another game that might be what you are looking for. Why not just get both consoles? Both of them are great. There is no need to pick between the 360 and the PS3.
The Wii is the system for offline Multiplayer. They have a solid core of party games neither Microsoft nor Sony can touch.
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