Hello - Intros

new landscapes KCLS digital design lab’sgame design workshops

Matt GullettMatt GullettTechnology & Innovation ConsultantTechnology & Innovation Consultant

what are we doing here?

what is your role?

my role?

Today’s hope …

My journey & story• why libraries?• academic to public• BPL: PNG (youth), SIT, film &

gaming festivals, HCC class, prime time computer club

• PLCMC: studioi@imaginon, myspace for parents, second life, virtual village, media/game/learning labs, LBI Shanachie tour

• other: PNLA & future of libraries talk, Hennepin co./IMLS grant Media MashUp, Children’s Interactive Library & KCLS digital design lab.

lets watch:• sit promo video• game fest• shanachie tour• children’s

interactive library

Finding a context:

• using story• life narratives• intersection of stories

create services/experiences

• Hennepin County Library• Public Library of Charlotte &

Mecklenburg Co.• Seattle Public Library• Free Library of Philadelphia• Memphis Public Library• Wilmette (IL) Public Library

Digital Design Lab• Game Design Workshops:

ScratchMultiMedia Fusion & YouthDigital Arts CyberSchool

• Ready Animator (portable animation station)

• Digital Cameras (still & motion)• Computers & software tools• Staff training/learning

Game Design Workshops

Intended Outcomes

• Create new interactions with teens.

• Develop new format of programming and learning at KCLS.

• Learn from teens and staff what works well and what needs more thought.

Questions? Comments or Thoughts

“If they can get you asking the wrong questions, they don't have

to worry about the answers." -- Thomas Pynchon