Contacts
Got a question about the toolkit? Want to submit your model program? Email Beth Gallaway at beth@librarygamingtoolkit.org.
Expert Panel
The following individuals make up the expert group for Libraries, Literacy, and Gaming Project, and field many questions about gaming.
Project Director
Dale Lipschultz
Literacy Officer, Office for Literacy and Outreach Services
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
1.800.545.2433 ext 3275
expertise: grants, literacy, outreach
Advisors
 Kelly Czarnecki
Technology Education Librarian
ImaginOn, the Charlotte Mecklenburg Library
300 East Seventh St.
Charlotte, NC 28202
(704) 973-2742
expertise: organizing system wide videogaming tournaments for teens, video game creation classes for youth, online gaming with other libraries, gaming with incarcerated teens, machinima, advocacy, family game nights, and gaming with a school library
 Liz Danforth
Library Associate
Pima County Public Library
101 N. Stone Ave.
Tucson, AZ 85701
expertise: videogaming programs, gaming industry
 Christopher Harris
Coordinator of the School Library System
Genesee Valley Board of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES)
80 Munson St
Le Roy, NY 14482
585-344-7942
expertise: board games in school libraries
 Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe, Head, Undergraduate Library (2006-2009); Coordinator for Information Literacy Services and Instruction, Library University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
1408 West Gregory Drive
Urbana, Illinois 61801
217-333-1323
expertise: supporting gaming in academic curriculum
 Terri G. Kirk
ALA Executive Board/ALA-APA Executive Board
Reidland High School
5349 Benton Road
Paducah, KY 42003
270-538-4225
expertise: school library gaming experiences: gaming club, big games for information literacy, videogaming night
 Allan Kleiman, Chief Consultant
Library Consultant(s)-at-Large
148 Liberty Street
Fords, NJ 08863-2042
732-738-5183
expertise: gaming with older adults
 Jack Martin
Assistant Director for Young Adult Programs
The New York Public Library
455 Fifth Avenue
New York, NY 10016
212-340-0908
expertise: videogame programs in public libraries, grant-writing
 Dwight McInvaill
Director
Georgetown County Library
405 Cleland St
Georgetown, SC 29440-3200
843-545-3300
expertise:
videogame clubs in public libraries, grant-writing
 Eli Neiburger
Associate Director for IT and Production
Ann Arbor District Library
343 South Fifth Avenue
Ann Arbor, Michigan 48104
734-327-4245
expertise: videogame tournaments in public libraries, grant-writing
 Jennifer Nelson,
Partnerships Coordinator (Digital Inclusion)
Hennepin County Library Minneapolis Central
300 Nicollet Avenue
Minneapolis MN 55401
612-630-6469
expertise: game design in public libraries, partnerships, grant-writing
 Julie Scordato
Teen Services Specialist
Columbus Metropolitan Library
90 S Grant Ave
Columbus, OH 43215
614-645-2275
expertise:
advocacy, videogaming in public libraries
 Paul Waelchli
Information Literacy & Instruction Librarian
St. Norbert College
100 Grant St.
De Pere, WI 54115
920-403-3291
expertise: using fantasy football and videogame characteristics in bibliographic instruction
Consultants
 Beth Gallaway
Library Trainer / Consultant
Information Goddess Consulting
504 Ocean Blvd #1
Hampton NH 03842
603-247-3196
expertise: videogame advocacy, videogames in public libraries
Jenny Levine
Internet Development Specialist and Strategy Guide, Information Technology & Publishing
American Library Association
50 E. Huron Dr.
Chicago, IL 60611
1.800.545.2433 ext 3275
expertise: technology, gaming
 Dr. Scott Nicholson
Associate Professor
Syracuse University School of Information Studies
245 Hinds Hall
Syracuse, NY 13244
315-443-1640
expertise: tabletop games and videogames, research
Organizational Partners
Keith Braafladt
Science Museum of Minnesota
(Library Partner: Hennepin County Library Minneapolis Central)
120 W. Kellogg Boulevard
St. Paul MN 55101
651.221.2536
expertise: game design
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