Michelle Goodridge

Background

About Michelle Goodridge

Known as the "gaming librarian" I have been working with games in libraries for over 9 years. Some of my career highlights have been co-writing a book "Librarian's Guide to Games and Gamers: From Collection Development to Advisory Services", establishing Laurier's first gaming library, working with game industry experts to design games and a gaming library as a consultant for a multi-million dollar company, co-teaching a Niche Academy workshop on gaming programs in libraries with over 2500 registrants, launching the Digital Gaming Communities Web Archive, designing and teaching a first-year undergraduate course on critical game design (DD102), and research using board games to assist second language learning and build relationships between domestic and international students. Extended Bio: Michelle Goodridge holds a Master of Arts in History (2011) and a Master of Library and Information Science (2014) – both from The University of Western Ontario – and has over a decade of experience working in academic libraries with over three years of experience as a Contract Teaching Faculty member in Game Design and Development. Michelle focuses a large amount of her time and energy on outreach and teaching both on-campus and off and seeks to create unique and non-traditional partnerships such as her work with bringing together academic and public libraries. Michelle’s other academic interests include accessibility in gaming, objective assessment, non-traditional library collections, game-based teaching and learning, SoTL, user experience, and using technology in information literacy instruction. Michelle also is the Founder and Project Manager of Goodridge Consulting where she works with clients who are looking to design and create non-traditional library services and spaces.