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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D">As you probably know, Pokemon Go is sweeping the nation… it’s a huge trend that’s getting people out into their communities. Below is a very timely post about
how libraries may take advantage of Pokemon Go right now. The article is from ALA’s Association for Library Service to Children.—Have fun, Katie
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<a name="1"></a><a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/AlscBlog/~3/X5Iw2a71VKA/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=email"><b><span style="font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Why Pokemon Go and The Library is a
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<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Sunday evening my family took a walk to our neighborhood park. It’s not unusual to see families out and about riding bikes or walking dogs, but
this past weekend the parks have been full of people staring at their phones. Pokemon Go has taken over my community. I’ve never seen our park so busy! There were around 300 people out walking around the playing this game. If you’ve been on social media at
all in the past few days, you have most likely have seen many mentions of Pokemon Go from the good-it’s getting people out and walking, to the bad-people are spending a lot of time staring at screens and not paying attention to their surroundings.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">So what is Pokemon Go?<br>
Pokemon Go is a free app that has players walking around their communities to find Pokemon in the real world. The game enables Augmented Reality which means the Pokemon can appear in “real life”. The more Pokemon you catch, the more you can level up and earn
experience points all of which can help you battle for gym domination.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Why should libraries care about Pokemon Go?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Pokemon Go is a great social game and getting people out and moving! In order to find Pokemon, you have to walk around and visit various places
in your community. You also need to stock up on supplies, which you can do at Pokestops, which many libraries are. Some libraries are even lucky enough to be a gym, which means even more people coming through your doors as these are places everyone is after!
This is where you can battle Pokemon and gain more points. Libraries are already doing some great publicity and capitalizing on the games success.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="640" height="400" style="width:6.6666in;height:4.1666in" id="_x0000_i1025" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/library-pokemon-post-650x406.png" alt="Credt: Aluchua County Library Facebook ">Credt:
Aluchua County Library Facebook <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Several libraries are taking advantage the fact that they are Pokestops. People have to be visiting your location to take advantage of the supplies
offered in the game, so why not promote that and encourage them to come in from the parking lot? That’s exactly what Aluchua County Library did when they decided to drop a lure (a special item that brings Pokemon to your location for a short time). While
there, encourage everyone to stop in, sign up for Summer Reading, and get a library card! We’re going to try this today at my library and we’re planning on setting up a table by our front door to greet Pokemon trainers (what players are called in the game),
promote our Summer Reading Program and events. You can also provide some special giveaway if possible to Pokemon trainers or if you’re a gym, create some small gym badges and offer those to anyone who conquers your location.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">You can even take things one step further like the Farmers Branch Manske Library and set up an impromptu Pokemon hunting party. This could be
around your branch, or if you have other locations nearby, like this library, you can go out walking.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="640" height="400" style="width:6.6666in;height:4.1666in" id="_x0000_i1026" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/Library-Pokemon-Event-650x406.png" alt="Credit: Farmers Branch Manske Library Facebook">Credit:
Farmers Branch Manske Library Facebook <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">There are also numerous passive activities you can do with Pokemon Go. To go with our life size game day this past weekend, we put out a Pokemon
craft station for kids to decorate Pokeballs and their own custom Pokemon card.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black"><img border="0" width="320" height="240" style="width:3.3333in;height:2.5in" id="_x0000_i1027" src="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/07/IMG_2432.jpg" alt="Credit: Sarah Bean Thompson">Credit:
Sarah Bean Thompson <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">We also made a passive display in our window asking patrons to let us know what Pokemon they caught in the library.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Sarah Bean Thompson <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">I’ve also seen libraries asking what team patrons have chosen and you can put up displays asking about favorite Pokemon, Pokestops, or tips and
tricks for the game. You can make pixel Pokeballs and there are tons of craft activity ideas from birthday parties that can easily be adapted to libraries. As the game continues on, libraries can be a gathering place for sharing tips about the game and a trading
location when trading becomes available. Eventually the possibility to battle anywhere may also become available making the library a great programming spot for virtual Pokemon Battles.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Still not sure about Pokemon Go?
<a href="http://galaxybookjockey.tumblr.com/post/147240001718/everything-librarians-need-to-know-about-pokemon">
<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">GalaxyBookJockey has a great post about what libraries need to know about Pokemon Go</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">Why does this matter to libraries other than being part of a pop culture phenomenon? As I mentioned, we hosted a life size game day on Saturday
which happened to be perfect timing with the Pokemon Go launch. I added a promotion of Pokemon Go to the event, all of my staff and I talked up the game to our patrons, asked if they were playing and we quickly created some passive crafts and displays.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p style="line-height:140%"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:140%;font-family:"Georgia",serif;color:black">As I was talking the game up to some of our patrons, one family got especially excited. The kids had recently discovered Pokemon and the idea
of catching them in real life sounded like so much fun. I showed them how to play and then went back to the program. Two hours later the mom came up to the desk and said thank you for showing her the game. She mentioned her child had a disorder that made
it difficult to process fat and that her child needed to be active but this was always a struggle as her handicap made this difficult. She mentioned that her child loved Pokemon and had been walking around the library all morning catching Pokemon and that
normally she would be hearing complaints by now but her child was happily staying active. By providing a place to play the game, creating a partnership between Pokemon Go and the library and being excited about this pop culture event, we helped make this story
possible for this family. And that’s exactly why libraries should be taking part in Pokemon Go.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">Why Pokemon Go and The Library is a perfect partnership</span></b></a> appeared first on
<a href="http://www.alsc.ala.org/blog"><b><span style="color:#000099;text-decoration:none">ALSC Blog</span></b></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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