Received a reply in the key of sweet irony to my suggestion of forming a Librarian and Academics based Eve Corp already.
A quick reply came across from someone of the I-better-than-that-and-do-far-superior-things-with-my-time persuasion and couldn’t help reveling on the sweet irony of it for a moment.
One of the reasons gaming communities and particularly online gaming communities are so prolific and productive is that it inherently filters toward a “community of the involved”. It’s a subculture of participation, which I think can be in contrast to the subcultures in some libraries where it’s more about them participating with you than you participating with them. Many things follow on from this participating, it’s also a meritocracy and not a hierarchy, it’s a culture of cooperation and not regulation but all those things come after simply finding people willing to participate and get involved.
In my opinion Libraries are at their best when involved with users as a community, when they embark on an intellectual endeavor together and not when trying to lead (or force) people through one.
Other than that there have been a few feelers back on the topic that were positive, some great pointers and a bit of interesting discussion as well from various corners of the Library Gaming community. First step is for folks to try the game out and see if it’s for them and we’ll go from there. I’ll keep blogging about it as things develop.
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