Cooperative Gaming Service,

Massive Social Networkand Virtual World Supreme

David LisaNew Jersey

State Library

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About WoWWoW Research & Skill-Building

WoW as a Library ServiceBuilding Communities Using WoW

What is World of Warcraft?

WoW

Massively Multiplayer

Online Role-

Playing Game

(MMORPG)

More than 11.5 million subscribers

Play the game your

way.

It’s a social network.

The game expands.

The Burning Crusade

Expansion

Wrath of the Lich

King Expansion

Cataclysm Expansion

Coming Soon

Who Plays WoW?

Why do they play?

Does WoW requireskill to play?

Can WoW help you build real-life skills?

Studying Virtual Worlds

“Convergence of the Real and Virtual”

convergentsystems.pbworks.com

The Daedalus Project

nickyee.com

WoW As a Library Service

Our Inspiration

Programs

•Mini Raids•Player vs. Player•Role Playing

Playing Program Themes

Social Program Themes

•Meet & Greets•How-To Discussions

Does This Look Familiar?

#showtooltip/cast [nocombat, dead, help] Ancestral Spirit;[mod:alt, @player] [help, nodead] Healing Wave;[harm, nodead] Lightning Bolt;[@player] Healing Wave

http://librarywow.blogspot.com

The Libraries & Librarians Guild

Credits

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the United States and/or other countries. These terms and all related materials, logos, and images are copyright © Blizzard

Entertainment.

Special thanks to Photos o’ Randomness for the CiL 2010 panel photo and Michael Porter and Bob Beck for the use of their CiL

slides.

David Lisa, Consultant,New Jersey State Librarydlisa@njstatelib.org

www.davidlisa.comdavidmlisa.blogspot.comwww.facebook.com/davidlisadavidlisa.pbworks.com

Thanks!