{"product_id":"game-it-up-david-folmar-9781442253346","title":"Game It Up!: Using Gamification to Incentivize Your Library","description":"Using game thinking and game mechanics in non-game settings to promote engagement and learning is a new trend in both business and education sectors. Savvy marketers are gamifying their efforts by offering customers loyalty badges, check-in incentives, and achievement rewards and clever employers are leveraging this new trend to gamify their training and innovation processes. Discover how you can use game design techniques to involve patrons and motivate staff in your library. This primer will walk you through incorporating game thinking into bibliographic instruction, staff training, the online catalog, and more. Learn how to gamify the library experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThis A-Z guidebook covers a range of exciting ways to use gamification in your library. Readers will learn the ins and outs of gamification techniques through projects, such as: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebadge hunts for staff orientation;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ea \"face of the library\" game for patron services;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ebadges for your programs;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eaugmented reality and a catalog Easter egg hunt;\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003einteractive fiction for information literacy education; and, \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003etop-down video games for library orientation.\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Folmar\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1442253347\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781442253346\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rowman \u0026amp; Littlefield Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/14\/2015\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.10h x 6.00w x 0.70d","brand":"David Folmar","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44365224968447,"sku":"9781442253346","price":110.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_93631335-4b05-478a-81df-5dcdffde848a.jpg?v=1697057326","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/game-it-up-david-folmar-9781442253346","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}