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Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

keriad...@gmail.com (Keri Adams) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:23:36 UT

I don't know if your library will go for it, but we do have a corporate
amazon card that we use for things like this.
Keri Adams
YA Librarian
Johnson Public Library
Hackensack, NJ
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Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

sunder...@gmail.com (liz sundermann) — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:21:09 UT

My main problem with them at the moment is that they do not have: Wii guitar
controllers, any drums for Guitar Hero except the overpriced Logitech ones,
Guitar Hero-compatible mics. Any suggestions about where I could buy these
items?
Thanks again!
Liz
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 2:54 PM, Jack Schultz

Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

jschu...@westmontlibrary.org (Jack Schultz) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:54:43 UT

I second Best Buy for Business.
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Jack Schultz
Westmont Public Library
428 N. Cass Ave
Westmont, IL 60559
(630)969-5625 ext. 314

Re: {LibGaming} purchasing

flymol...@gmail.com (B K) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:09:42 UT

It may not be the best prices, but I purchased all of our gaming equipment
from Best Buy for Business. They were pretty easy to work with, and got
everything shipped out in a decent amount of time.
-Bryan Kratish
ACLD (Gainesville, FL)
YA Librarian - Millhopper Branch Library

purchasing

sunder...@gmail.com (liz sundermann) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 14:53:04 UT

Hi All,
I need to find a vendor from whom I can purchase several Wii Guitar Hero
guitars and a few games. They need to accept purchase orders. Any
suggestions?
Thanks!
Liz Sundermann
Young Adult Specialist
Enoch Pratt Free Library/State Library Resource Center
410-396-5484
lsund...@prattlibrary.org

Re: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

emagb...@yahoo.com (Erwin) — Tue, 09 Mar 2010 03:17:12 UT

Thanks for the info, Eli. I guess it's a matter of testing, testing,
and more testing. Might take some time since our library system is in
the middle of unprecedented staffing changes and reduced hours, but I
think it's worth a shot to at least try branch vs branch after the
dust kind of settles. If/when we do get online matches going, I will

Re: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

je...@theshiftedlibrarian.com (Jenny Levine) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 01:25:53 UT

I'll just add that this year's National Gaming Day
is Saturday, November 13, so reserve your meeting room now. We'll be
posting preliminary information at [link] <[link]> starting next
month.
Jenny
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The Shifted Librarian
but wearing my ALA staff hat

360 Games Room

carl.cr...@derbyshire.gov.uk (Carl Cross) — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 09:59:25 UT

Morning everyone,
I’m be interested to know if any of you 360 owning libraries are
considering doing anything with the 360 Games Room when it goes live.
I know the service hasn’t been universally welcomed but I wonder if we
could be able to use it in some way.
From what we know now it seems that visitors will be able to try the

Re: DS games

ned...@gmail.com (D) — Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:31:06 UT

Might be worth extending the loans to a couple weeks or having
different loan periods for different items. A title like Zelda Spirit
Tracks could be quite hard to finish in a ten days. Along similar
lines, I'd avoid longplay titles like Nintendogs. Great game, so great
that kids'll make you feel like you're taking their puppy back :))

RE: {LibGaming} Branch vs branch tourneys?

neiburg...@aadl.org (Eli Neiburger) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:30:37 UT

Hey Erwin, we've done several branch vs. branch events and we've organized a national online smash brothers tournament for national gaming day for the past few years. It really gets the kids engaged, but it is indeed fraught with technical peril. We had 42 libraries registered for last year's national gaming day online smash tourney and probably a third of them couldn't actually participate due to network trouble. The bandwidth required isn't much; the bigger problem is that you need to basically have your Wii outside any firewalls or have all TCP and UDP ports natted through; which means you need to have a knowledgeable & helpful geek to make sure the network is properly configured to allow the Wiis to talk to each other. Also, if the connection is slow, the match will be slow, and if the connection drops for even a second, your match will quit.

Branch vs branch tourneys?

emagb...@yahoo.com (Erwin) — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 20:18:37 UT

Has anyone here ever done a branch vs branch tournament via online
play? I'd like to set something like that up for an SSBB tourney, but
I'd like to see if anyone's tried it already so that I don't have to
reinvent the wheel. I think it would give kids a sense of community
pride and feeling of ownership of their library if they competed

Re: {LibGaming} From Italy

carloalmig...@gmail.com (recarlo2) — Sun, 28 Feb 2010 10:33:07 UT

January here: [link]
Greetings
Carlo

Call for volunteers for Open Gaming Night at ALA

sc...@scottnicholson.com (Scott Nicholson) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 21:26:00 UT

The ALA Games and Gaming Members Initiative Group will be playing a
significant role in the Open Gaming Night this year at ALA. We have
recently put out a call for volunteers.
If you are interested in helping in some aspect of this event, please
visit our ALA Connect space at
[link]

Re: DS games

inkypin...@gmail.com (Sarah Ehlers) — Fri, 19 Feb 2010 00:33:47 UT

Check ratings for the games before you buy them on a site like
[link] this site compiles ratings and reviews from gaming
magazines and sites.
It's also handy to keep up on gaming news; my favorite gaming sites
are [link] and [link] for
gaming news.

Re: {LibGaming} DS games

informationgoddes...@gmail.com (Beth Gallaway) — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 21:06:35 UT

I have a (mostly) annotated list of recommended DS games for libraries, here:
[link]
And, there is a model program in the Library Gaming Toolkit for
inhouse DS circulation, with some recommended titles:
[link]
Asking youth for recommendations should go without saying; you can