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Gaming in the library...

Hmm. I guess i am old skool when it comes to games. If it can't be played on the dining room table, I don't wanna play. Monopoly, Scrabble, Life, Clue... you name it it's gotta be played on a board, at a table in a house with folks you can see ... and talk to.

The Internet changes everything, however. Some libraries in the system don't have the resources to allow 'Gaming Night' @ their library. What can we do? grin and bear it. Tell the student waiting to type their term paper to wait until the kid is done living in their Second Life

Computer games should be played on gaming platforms like PlayStation or Wii. Not at the library.

But then again I am the Reference Curmudgeon™ .

You're so fine you blow my mind...

On to wikis.

Hmm.

I never really looked at a wiki from a 'collaborative' aspect as mentioned in the training video. So I now see the light. They can help with collaboration and I am glad that HCPL has embraced them for staff.

Wikipedia has sort of muddied the water, imho. On one hand professors don't want students to use wikipedia for school work because the content can be altered or changed to reflect 'bad' or incorrect information.

On the other hand the some information that is out there might need to be updated or changed frequently. Where do we draw the line?

During the course of my time on the reference desk, I do check Wikipedia for series orders and for basic 'ready reference' answers, but I can never put my trust in to Wikipedia 100% .

Not that there is anything wrong with it...

White House 2.0

It was only a matter of time before the White House went all in with Web 2.0