Liaison Librarian, Game Design and Development
- Departments:
- User Services
- Subjects:
- Service areas:
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- Instruction
- Research assistance
- Collection areas:
- Locations:
- Office:
- Grand River Hall Room 108D
- Office hours:
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- Drop-in hours: Drop-ins are welcome! When I am on campus, I typically work M-F 8:30 -4:00pm, but you can see my up to date schedule on the whiteboard outside of my office
- Make an appointment through email to ensure I am there. I am always happy to help you!
- Phone:
- 519-756-8228
- Extension:
- x5411
- Email:
- mgoodridge@wlu.ca
- Social media links:
- Research areas:
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I am interested in outreach and information literacy instruction; chiefly looking for new and exciting ways to engage with the community and increase "library love". I also am interested in game-based learning and instruction, makerspaces, STEM programming, and bridging the gap between academia and the community.
Publications
“Game On! Adventures with gaming in libraries” OLA, Open Shelf, [in progress]
“More Than a Game”, Librarianship.ca, Voices: Topics in Canadian Librarianship, Vol. 1, No. 1, January 2017
“What I Do as a Game Design and Development Liaison Librarian”, Librarianship.ca, Career Spotlight interview, June 2016
“Random Library Generator: Michelle Goodridge”, OLA, Open Shelf interview, May 2016
“ The Benchcast – Episode 91 – DDR?!”. Interview guest on Devil’s Bench podcast, April 2016
Book reviewer on Library Technology for the OLAStore - -“Practical Digital Preservation” by Adrian Brown –March 2016 - “Makerspaces: Top Trailblazing Projects” by Caitlin A. Bagley – May 2015 - “Improving the Visibility and Use of Digital Repositories Through SEO” by Arlitsch and O'Brien – March 2015
“Getting Social! Using Social Software to Increase Engagement” AAO Off the Record, Vol. 31 No. 3, Summer 2015
Conference Papers and Poster Presentations
“Game services in academic libraries: current issues & hot topics” panel, OLA Super Conference, February 2018
“Joint-use gaming collections” panel, OLITA Digital Odyssey, June 2017
“Started from the bottom…” lightning talk, New Librarians Symposium [invited], June 2017
“Game On! Collaborating with the community to create innovative game-based programming”, WILU Conference, May 2017
“Player 2 has entered the game: contextualizing academic research using games” lightning talk, OCULA Conference, April 2017
“Game on! Bringing innovative game programs to our community”, poster presentation at OLA Super Conference, Feb 2017
“Collaborative Game Programming” AASL Gaming As Meaningful Education conference session, September 2016
“Bringing digital games to academic libraries”, lightning talk at Code4Lib North, May 2016
“Outreach in academic archives”, poster presentation at OLA Super Conference, January 2015