Transforming: Community Relationships

Building Community Relationships Through Collaborative Online Gaming: Animal Crossing's Enduring Success

Sunday, June 26, 2022

11:00am – 12:00pm

Location: Washington Convention Center, 158A-B

Learn how to build community relationships and provide fresh, interactive, and meaningful virtual programming through collaborative online gaming. Using the knowledge gained from running a wildly popular and successful virtual library on Animal Crossing, Tina Chenoweth from Charleston County Public Library will explain and analyze the nuances of virtual programming, discussing the numerous benefits of collaborative online gaming as well as the positive impact these games can have on mental health, community building, engagement, and inclusion. Along with this in-depth analysis, participants will learn specific examples of how they can implement and maintain similar programs at their own libraries using a variety of different techniques, games, and applications.

Learning Objectives:

Upon completion, participant will be able to provide a clear definition of collaborative online games, and be able to thoroughly comprehend and explain their benefits.
Upon completion, participant will be able to locate sources of several different collaborative online games and then to evaluate them for potential use in programs.
Upon completion, participant will be able to create programs centered around collaborative online games, maintain these programs, and collect feedback regarding the programs themselves.

Main Contact(s)

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Tina Chenoweth

Assistant Branch Manager/Adult Services Manager
Charleston County Public Library

Speaker(s)

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Tina Chenoweth

Assistant Branch Manager/Adult Services Manager
Charleston County Public Library
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Shannon Talian

Circulation Manager
Charleston County Public Library