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Library Game Lab of Syracuse

Director – Associate Professor Scott Nicholson
Location – 205 Hinds Hall, part of the Information Institute of Syracuse
Phone number – 315-443-1640
Email – srnichol@syr.edu
 
Mission: Explore the intersection of games and libraries. Provide advice to librarians about the most appropriate gaming activities for different demographic groups and library goals and provide advice to the gaming industry about the needs of libraries and schools regarding gaming.
 
Projects:
  • Portable Library Gaming Lab – A traveling interactive exhibit of board, card, and video games designed to expose librarians to the breadth of gaming experiences.
  • Annual Gaming Census – An annual survey designed to collect information about gaming programs in all types of libraries.
  • American Library Association – Working with the ALA to provide research assistance on several funded projects, such as the assessment of gaming programs in libraries.
Center for Emerging Network Technologies

CENT provides leading industry insight and analysis with regard to emerging Information Technologies within enterprise IT, and consults with local businesses and involvement with other community projects within the iSchool and Syracuse University.
StudyResponse Center for Online Research

The StudyResponse project facilitates online research for behavioral, social, and organizational science researchers by distributing e-mail participation requests to adult research participants. The project accumulates the characteristics and outcomes across research studies in order to explore the features of studies that encourage quality responding.