Library of Core Values

Play as a librarian in a fictional public library that is affected by a city-wide budget cut. Help a cat learn about human values, chat with patrons, drink tea, and see what books patrons have left laying about!

Please use the keyboard's arrow keys to navigate your character sprite.

This mini-game was created as a final reflection for the course IS510 Libraries, Information, and Society (Fall 2023).  

Sources referenced: 

• NYC Budget Cuts Forces Public Libraries to Close on Sundays, Reduce Services  by Zane McNeill in TRUTHOUT
• Feminist Pedagogy for Library Instruction by Maria Accardi
• Five Laws of Library Science by Dr. Shiyali Ramamrita Ranganathan 
• ALA Code of Ethics (2019) 
• Library Bill of Rights (2019) 
• Interpretations of the Library Bill of Rights
• Core Values (2004)
• Access to Information through Libraries: A Public Good by International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA)
• Intellectual Freedom and the American Library Association (ALA): Historical Overview by Judith Krug
• The Future of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Librarianshipby Twanna Hodge and Courtney McAllister
• Access, Advocacy, and Impact: How Public Libraries Are Contributing to Educational Equity for Children and Families in Underserved Communities by Campana et. al
• Teaching to Transgress: Education as the Practice of Freedomby bell hooks
• Teaching & learning in makerspaces: equipping teachers to become justice-oriented maker-educators by Sara Heredia and Edna Tan