Digital Conversations @ British Library: GLAMs and Gaming
Date and time
Location
The Britsh Library (1st floor Staff Restaurant)
96 Euston Road London NW1 2DB United KingdomDescription
GLAMs (Galleries, Libraries, Archives and Museums) Playing Nicely with the Game Technology; Using Cultural Heritage Collections to Inspire Videogame Creation.
This event will discuss cultural heritage institution projects using videogame technologies and will include the launch of the 2015 Off the Map competition “Alice’s Adventures Off the Map”.
Speakers: Iain Simons (GameCity), Alex Flowers (Victoria & Albert Museum), Nick Harris (British Museum), Michael Powell (De Montfort University, Leicester), Adam Martin (University of South Wales) and Helen Melody (British Library)
Schedule
18.00 Drinks & Nibbles
18:20 Welcome by Roly Keating, Chief Executive of the British Library
18.25 Panel discussion
19.30 Pause for thought and refill glasses
20.10 Closing remarks by Iain Simons, Director of GameCity
20.15 Departure
Attendance is free but demand is high and places are strictly limited.
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The British Library's Digital Research Team works to enable innovative research based on the British Library digital collections. For more information get in touch at digitalresearch [at] bl [dot] uk