Gaming and Play Literacy
April 17, 2025, 9:00 am-4:00 pm
IU Indianapolis Campus Center Room 450AB
FREE
Morning beverages, lunch, parking, and 3 librarian CEUs provided.
- For school, public, and academic librarians.
- For gaming and play community organizations and service providers.
- For educators and gaming and play engagement enthusiasts.
- For all who care about gaming and play literacy in Indiana.
Libraries serve a critical role in citizens’ literacy development from birth to adulthood. The 2025 Indiana Libraries and Literacy Symposium will focus on the ways libraries can support their communities’ understanding of and engagement in gaming and play. Come network with like-minded professionals from across Indiana.
Sessions and Speakers:
Registration and breakfast begin at 9:00 am. Formal programming runs 10:20 am – 4:00 pm.
Session One:
- Let's Get Dicey: Rolling for and Taking the Initiative to Use Games in the Classroom
- Gary R Maixner III, User Experience Librarian IU University Library
Lunch and Recess:
- Opportunity for attendees to try out VR experiences including:
- Interactions from the IUI University Library VR Lab with an introduction to VR and its uses by Jason Peercy, VR Lab Coordinator
- Democracy Quest presented by Dr. Liz Osborne, Education Director with the IU Center on Representative Government
Session Two:
- Project Game Design! Bringing the Young Inventor’s Challenge® to Your Learning Community
- Dr. Kym Kramer, Director of School Library Media Education Indiana University Indianapolis Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering.
Session Three: Panel: The Intersection of Libraries and Gaming & Play Literacy: Applications and Insights from the Field and Community
- Moderator: Khrisma McMurray, Open Education and Teaching Librarian, IU Indianapolis University Library, multicultural literature advocate, and children’s author.
- Claire Spence, Teen Services Librarian,: Monroe County Library
- Ryan Laferney, Public Services Librarian (Youth Services),: Indianapolis Public Library-Irvington Branch
- Dr. Brittany Garvin, Assistant Professor of Science Education,: IU Indianapolis School of Education
- Natalie Lyon, Interactive Technology Manager,: The Children's Museum of Indianapolis
View materials from previous symposiums,including reusable learning plans.
Please email IU Conference Services Coordinator, rireese@iu.edu with any questions.
Sponsored by the IUPUI University Library through the Endowed Deanship of the Herbert Simon Family Foundation and Central Indiana Community Foundation, and The Indianapolis Foundation Library Fund.
