Breanne A. Kirsch
University of South Carolina Upstate
Breanne A. Kirsch is a Public Services Librarian at the University of South Carolina Upstate. Her interest in games in libraries motivated her to create the Library and Information Technology Association’s Game Making Interest Group. She is also working with the Games and Gaming Round Table of the American Library Association. For the upcoming semester, Breanne worked with her colleagues to create a pirate information literacy game for new transfer students. She is currently learning coding languages, such as HTML5 and Javascript to create additional games in the future. In addition to games in libraries, Breanne is interested in plagiarism prevention and creating a leisure reading collection at the USC Upstate Library.
Presenter for the Following Session
- Gaming in Libraries: From Goblins to Pirates
Games are being used in a variety of ways in libraries. Gaming events are taking place where patrons or students can play board games or video games in the library. Librarians are also creating games to use in libraries, such as murder mysteries, orientation scavenger hunts, and video game like tutorials to introduce the library and resources to patrons.


