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This presentation describes the University of Florida Library's involvement with the alternate reality game Humans versus Zombies during the Spring 2010 semester. The library embedded with players of this popular university ARG and developed a mission that engaged students in information literacy activities.

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The Library is Undead

LRS-V

October 8, 2010

Margeaux JohnsonUniversity of Florida

margeaux@ufl.edu

12 days to infection

10 days to infection

8 days to infection

7 days to infection

guides.uflib.ufl.edu/zombie

6 days to infection

Day 2 in the year A.Z.

(anno zombii)

Further InfoArticle:Johnson, M., Buhler, A., and Hillman, C. (2010) The library is undead: information seeking in the zombie apocalypse. Journal of Library Innovation. 1 (2)in publication

YouTube Video:http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3eRKCWkhv8kx

Libguide:http://guides.uflib.ufl.edu/zombie

Adventures in Library Instruction Podcast:Episode 14: Zombie Invasionhttp://adlibinstruction.blogspot.com/

Acknowledgements

Dr. Christopher Sessums, who introduced me to the MacArthur Foundation’s New Media Literacies and the Partnership for 21st Century Skills Framework.

UF Librarians, who made it all possible.

Amy Buhler, Tara Cataldo, Missy Clapp, Christine Cogar, Matthew Daley, Chelsea Dinsmore, Stacey Ewing, Jennifer Ferrington, Sara Gonzalez, Stephanie Haas, Deborah Herbtsman, Kenny Herniman, Chris Hillman, Jay Mann, Carol McAuffie, Paul McDonough, Melody Royster, Isabel Silver, Marijka Willis, and Donna Wrublewski

BibliographyJenkins, H., Clinton, K., Purushotma, R., Robinson, A. J., & Weigel, M. (2006). Confronting the challenges of participatory culture: media education for the 21st century. Chicago, IL: MacArthur Foundation.

Anderson, L., Krathwohl, D. and Bloom, B. (2001) A taxonomy for learning, teaching, and assessing: a revision of Bloom's taxonomy of educational objectives. New York: Longman.

Partnership for 21st Century Skills (2007) The intellectual and policy foundations of the 21st century skills framework. Partnership for 21st Century Skills. http://www.p21.org

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