Never mind our new web site that goes live on April 28... I've got a new countdown until the following program takes place at MLS!

Tech Summit #15: Gaming @ Your Library
Event ID#: 650
Thursday, May 26, 2005
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
At the Burr Ridge office of MLS
Cost: $0
CPDUs: 2.5

"Video games are an $11 billion business and a fundamental component of teenage life. Hosting video game tournaments at your library builds community, demonstrates your library's relevance to a different audience (young adults, teens, and especially males), and allows libraries to bring content directly into users' hands. Come to this exciting MLS Tech Summit to see firsthand how Ann Arbor District Library Information Access Systems geeks worked with the teen services librarians to bring video gaming tournaments to the community. You'll learn all of the technical details as well as how to replicate the program at your library-- whole hog or on the cheap!--and take notes on arguments and justifications for your director. Be sure to wear comfortable clothes and shoes because you will get to experience this phenomenon firsthand!

Presenters: From the Ann Arbor (MI) District Library - Erin Helmrich, Teen Librarian, and Eli Neiburger, Information Access & Systems Manager

Background: See their article at http://axis.aadl.org/cgi-bin/blosxom.cgi/2005/02/02/ for more about their tournaments and OCLC's webcast for more about gaming in the library in general!

This session is limited to 40 participants. Should this session fill, please sign up for the wait list. If the demand is great enough, we will open a repeat afternoon session."

I am soooooo psyched about this session that I'm considering bringing Brent in for the day so that the participants can watch his eyes bug out when he sees the setup and plays the games. ;-)

Note that this program is not limited to MLS libraries. Registration link.