The Daily Orange

Professor receives grant to bring gaming to libraries, other campuses

Abstract:
If Professor Scott Nicholson has his way, the library would no longer be a place just for studying - students could also play video games.

Nicholson, an associate professor in the School of Information Studies, recently received a $5,000 grant from Gaylord Brothers, a library supply company located in Syracuse, to begin building a portable library game lab....

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Jack Roberts

posted 2/13/08 @ 1:39 PM EST

It's really refreshing to see libraries reaching out to the general public in new ways. The commercial world has to constantly update it's practices e.g. bookstores putting in coffee shops with internet access. Why shouldn't our public services try to change with the times and fulfill their traditional role using modern tools and techniques to both inform and entertain. Kudos to Scott and Gaylord Brothers.

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