Talking with Eli Neiburger

摘要

In the world of gaming in libraries, Eli Neiburger, associate director of IT and product development at Ann Arbor District Library, MI, is a name to conjure with. His 2007 book, Gamers...in the LIBRARY?! The Why, What, and How of Videogame Tournaments for All Ages (ALA Editions), is essential for anyone interested in the subject.rnLJ 2006 Mover & Shaker Beth Gal-laway (Information Goddess Consulting) calls Neiburger "a gaming evangelist." At Ann Arbor and elsewhere across the country, he has orchestrated gaming tournaments, led workshops, moderated online forums, and worked with libraries to launch gaming programs.rnHe's also the producer of Ann Arbor's gtsystem (wiki.gtsystem.org), a set of free web tools for managing gaming events that is unifying tournament play among libraries in this country and around the world.