Comments on: Gaming and Libraries: Intersections of Service – TSCPL #staffday http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/ David Lee King is the Digital Branch & Services Manager at the Topeka & Shawnee County Public Library, where he plans, implements, and experiments with emerging technology trends. He has spoken in the U.S. and Canada about emerging trends, website usability and management, digital experience planning, and managing techie staff, and has been published in many library-related journals. David writes the Internet Spotlight column in Public Libraries Magazine with Michael Porter. David maintains a blog at http://www.davidleeking.com Thu, 09 Feb 2012 18:50:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: thethinker http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-23604 thethinker Mon, 14 Dec 2009 12:55:18 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-23604 "books are tragically isolating… no interaction, etc (Steven Johnson quote)<br>“aren’t social” - video games are actually very social."<br><br>Incrediby - you really are saying that there's something terribly wrong with isolation, no interaction...actitivities that aren't social, aren't you? And that there's only value in activities that are very social...That's terribly unbalanced and extreme. How are we going to cultivate great minds if we don't also place value on people taking time to be by themselves, read, think, reflect, meditate, etc.? “books are tragically isolating… no interaction, etc (Steven Johnson quote)
“aren’t social” – video games are actually very social.”

Incrediby – you really are saying that there's something terribly wrong with isolation, no interaction…actitivities that aren't social, aren't you? And that there's only value in activities that are very social…That's terribly unbalanced and extreme. How are we going to cultivate great minds if we don't also place value on people taking time to be by themselves, read, think, reflect, meditate, etc.?

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-20509 joshua m. neff Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:12:30 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-20509 Jeff, it is so nice and refreshing to have an intelligent, respectful discussion and airing of issues in the comments of a blog. Thank you. Jeff, it is so nice and refreshing to have an intelligent, respectful discussion and airing of issues in the comments of a blog. Thank you.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-26782 joshua m. neff Sun, 22 Feb 2009 02:12:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-26782 Jeff, it is so nice and refreshing to have an intelligent, respectful discussion and airing of issues in the comments of a blog. Thank you. Jeff, it is so nice and refreshing to have an intelligent, respectful discussion and airing of issues in the comments of a blog. Thank you.

]]> By: Jeff Imparato http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-20501 Jeff Imparato Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:42:49 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-20501 I don't want to read the book, it would confuse me with the facts, and I've already made up my mind. Actually, in my original post, I prefaced my post with "Maybe I'm concerned for no reason" and my esteemed colleagues in the Library field have convinced me that I have no reason to be concerned. Thanks a lot guys, I just got my mind fixed, and now I have to change it. I don’t want to read the book, it would confuse me with the facts, and I’ve already made up my mind. Actually, in my original post, I prefaced my post with “Maybe I’m concerned for no reason” and my esteemed colleagues in the Library field have convinced me that I have no reason to be concerned.

Thanks a lot guys, I just got my mind fixed, and now I have to change it.

]]> By: Jeff Imparato http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-26781 Jeff Imparato Sat, 21 Feb 2009 14:42:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-26781 I don't want to read the book, it would confuse me with the facts, and I've already made up my mind. Actually, in my original post, I prefaced my post with "Maybe I'm concerned for no reason" and my esteemed colleagues in the Library field have convinced me that I have no reason to be concerned. Thanks a lot guys, I just got my mind fixed, and now I have to change it. I don’t want to read the book, it would confuse me with the facts, and I’ve already made up my mind. Actually, in my original post, I prefaced my post with “Maybe I’m concerned for no reason” and my esteemed colleagues in the Library field have convinced me that I have no reason to be concerned.

Thanks a lot guys, I just got my mind fixed, and now I have to change it.

]]> By: davidleeking http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-20500 davidleeking Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:22:12 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-20500 Even better Jeff - we have the book in our collection. Even better Jeff – we have the book in our collection.

]]> By: davidleeking http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-26780 davidleeking Sat, 21 Feb 2009 13:22:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-26780 Even better Jeff - we have the book in our collection. Even better Jeff – we have the book in our collection.

]]> By: Jenny Levine http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-20496 Jenny Levine Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:25:35 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-20496 Jeff, unsurprisingly I'm going to agree with Josh on this. In my talk, I discussed how the number of violent crimes committed by youth in this country has gone down significantly during the last 30 years. The book <a href="http://www.grandtheftchildhood.com/" rel="nofollow">Grand Theft Childhood</a> by Dr. Lawrence Kutner has helped shape my opinions on this topic, and I highly recommend it. It's an objective examination of violence and videogames based on the most thorough research done to date on this subject. Definitely worth your time to read, but you can get some good summaries from the book's website. Jeff, unsurprisingly I’m going to agree with Josh on this. In my talk, I discussed how the number of violent crimes committed by youth in this country has gone down significantly during the last 30 years. The book Grand Theft Childhood by Dr. Lawrence Kutner has helped shape my opinions on this topic, and I highly recommend it. It’s an objective examination of violence and videogames based on the most thorough research done to date on this subject. Definitely worth your time to read, but you can get some good summaries from the book’s website.

]]> By: Jenny Levine http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-26779 Jenny Levine Sat, 21 Feb 2009 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-26779 Jeff, unsurprisingly I'm going to agree with Josh on this. In my talk, I discussed how the number of violent crimes committed by youth in this country has gone down significantly during the last 30 years. The book <a href="http://www.grandtheftchildhood.com/" rel="nofollow">Grand Theft Childhood</a> by Dr. Lawrence Kutner has helped shape my opinions on this topic, and I highly recommend it. It's an objective examination of violence and videogames based on the most thorough research done to date on this subject. Definitely worth your time to read, but you can get some good summaries from the book's website. Jeff, unsurprisingly I’m going to agree with Josh on this. In my talk, I discussed how the number of violent crimes committed by youth in this country has gone down significantly during the last 30 years. The book Grand Theft Childhood by Dr. Lawrence Kutner has helped shape my opinions on this topic, and I highly recommend it. It’s an objective examination of violence and videogames based on the most thorough research done to date on this subject. Definitely worth your time to read, but you can get some good summaries from the book’s website.

]]> By: joshua m. neff http://www.davidleeking.com/2009/02/16/gaming-and-libraries-intersactions-of-service-tscpl-staffday/comment-page-1/#comment-20490 joshua m. neff Fri, 20 Feb 2009 23:01:45 +0000 http://www.davidleeking.com/?p=969#comment-20490 Jeff, I'm sorry about your cousin, but gang violence doesn't have anything to do with video games. Poverty and violence long predate video games. I'm one of the least violent, gun-hating people you'll ever meet. Playing violent video games doesn't change that. Accusations that violent video games cause young people to become desensitized to violence are nothing new. It's just a retread of Dr. Frederic Wertham's argument in <i><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seduction_of_the_innocent" rel="nofollow">Seduction of the Innocent</a></i> that comic books cause juvenile delinquency. An argument that turned out to be completely false. Jeff, I’m sorry about your cousin, but gang violence doesn’t have anything to do with video games. Poverty and violence long predate video games. I’m one of the least violent, gun-hating people you’ll ever meet. Playing violent video games doesn’t change that.

Accusations that violent video games cause young people to become desensitized to violence are nothing new. It’s just a retread of Dr. Frederic Wertham’s argument in Seduction of the Innocent that comic books cause juvenile delinquency. An argument that turned out to be completely false.

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