Collecting Library Resources for Video Game Design Students: An Information Behavior Study

Miller, Olivia

doi:10.1086/675712

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“…Monitoring was often achieved through regularly browsing 'favorite' information sources, including blogs, videos, image-based social media and digital design magazines. Regular browsing has been identified as a type monitoring in several studies, including of visual designers (Mougenot et al, 2008) and game designers specifically (Miller, 2014). As we focused on understanding digital information behavior, we did not observe the common activity of browsing physical design magazines (Hemmig et al, 2009).…”

Section: Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 77%

“…Information-seeking is undertaken throughout the design process, but particularly when generating alternative design ideas (Hemmig, 2009;LeClerc, 2010;Miller, 2014). During this process, designers are often "looking for inspiration more than satisfying specific information needs" (Sharmin et al, 2009(Sharmin et al, , p.2374.…”

Section: Designers' Information Acquisition Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

“…While there is a growing body of research on designers' information and ideation behavior, little research has examined game designers' HIB and none, to our knowledge, has done so with a specific ideation focus. Although Miller (2014) asked game design students to discuss a recent information-seeking episode, most chose examples related to learning specific game development software rather than creative design examples. We provide insight into the HIB of this rarely-studied group, noting similarities with other design disciplines.…”

Section: Understanding Game Designers' Information Behaviormentioning

confidence: 99%

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Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior

Makri

Hsueh

Jones

2018

Asso for Info Science & Tech

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Section: Monitoringmentioning

confidence: 77%

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Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior

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Hsueh

Jones

2018

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“…Collecting library resources for video game design students (Miller, 2014), understanding information-seeking behaviour and library usage of students at the Hong Kong Design Institute (Lo and Chu, 2015), a comparison between arts and science undergraduate students' internet information seeking in Iran (Omidian and Seifi Maleki, 2013).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Heavy reliance on websites (Google searches), social resources (Facebook, Twitter) and visual references (ConceptArt.org, DeviantArt, Polycount) for troubleshooting assistance and to stay current about new developments or artists in the field (Miller, 2014).…”

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Information behaviour of architecture students in creative design projects

Meyer

Fourie

2018

AJIM

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Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on an exploratory study of third-year architecture students’ information behaviour. It focusses on information activities, personal experience, resource usage, preferences in working individually or collaboratively, preferences for information resources inspiring creativity and physical spaces to be creative. Design/methodology/approach It was a mixed methods study with a strongly qualitative component and limited descriptive quantitative data. Data were collected in October 2016 at a South African university using individual self-administered questionnaires and semi-structured individual interviews; 19 out of 60 (response rate 32 per cent) third-year architecture students doing a design project participated. Findings Creativity is important in architecture projects, as is information resources in stimulating creativity. Students preferred to work individually during their design projects; at times collaboration was needed for idea generation. Information activities included: information gathering, encountering, use and sharing. A range of theoretical, technical, artistic and practical skills and knowledge must be integrated to produce creative outcomes, in addition, to information searching and information usage. Factual information is also required. Students can benefit from a supportive information rich creative space (physical or virtual). Research limitations/implications The study was conducted at only one institution with a small number of participants. Although generalisation of findings is not possible, issues for further research can be noted. Practical implications Designers of physical and virtual creative spaces must take into account different facets of information behaviour and the information resources and services required during creative information-seeking activities. Originality/value Although there is literature on information behaviour and creativity, the authors could not find any that explores architecture students’ information behaviour in academic spaces of creativity.

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Advances in academic video game collections

Robson

Sassen

Rodriguez

2020

The Journal of Academic Librarianship

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As mass media and entertainment industries continue to undergo rapid change to keep ahead of trends and consumer demands, libraries must evolve and change along with them to manage these collections. This article will include a look at the UNT Media Library's earlier predictions about their video game and console collection; how practices have changed and will continue to change to support the next ten years of growth; the evolution of outreach to support the growing interest in video games; and the transformation of space to support games on a large university campus.

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Collecting Library Resources for Video Game Design Students: An Information Behavior Study

Cited by 7 publications

References 11 publications

Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior

Ideation as an Intellectual Information Acquisition and Use Context: Investigating Game Designers' Information‐Based Ideation Behavior

Information behaviour of architecture students in creative design projects

Advances in academic video game collections

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