[OPLINTECH] Games/Teen-Focused Software & Computers

[Jordan Cooper]

Thanks, Sam and Chris.  Sorry for the long response time; I'm sure you guys
know how it is to be pulled in a hundred directions at once, ha.

I don't know that we have a clear mission statement, per se.  I guess our
goal is to create a digital space that provides access to things that the
teens wouldn't otherwise have access to, both for leisure/recreation and
school or personal projects, whether that's because it's cost prohibitive
for them to own it or they don't have a computer capable of running it,
etc.  We want to have a mixture of both utilitarian software, like the
Creative Cloud stuff, as well as a variety of games.  We're going to be
doing standard stuff, like Minecraft and Roblox, but do want to expand on
that.  We're trying to stay away from most of the stuff that would garner
an M for Mature rating, but that's about where we're at.

Is that helpful at all?

Thanks,

*Jordan Cooper*
*Technology Associate*
Athens County Public Libraries
jcooper at myacpl.org
(740) 590-1643


On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 11:13 AM, Chris Krumnow <
ckrumnow at defiancelibrary.org> wrote:

> Jordan,
>
> What is your goal for the project? Are you trying to attract people to
> play together at the library instead of using their rigs at home? The goal
> of your project will effect the types of games I would suggest.
>
> Thanks,
> Chris Krumnow
> IT Specialist
> Defiance Public Library System
> Work:419-782-1456
> Cell: 419-956-2767
> defiancelibrary.org
>
>
> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 8:10 AM, Jordan Cooper <jcooper at myacpl.org> wrote:
>
>> So I've been working on a plan to create a cluster of teen/young adult
>> computers for one of our branches.  We're getting a handful of really nice
>> computers, the kind that a nerdy gamer type like me is incredibly jealous
>> of, but we're looking for ideas for games and other software that would be
>> useful.
>>
>> We're trying to stay away from the ultra violent stuff like Call of Duty,
>> etc., and I was hoping one or some of you guys might have had experience
>> installing and maintaining something like Steam with Deep Freeze.  We're
>> also going to install things like the Adobe Creative Suite and want to put
>> constructive software like that on them to facilitate learning and
>> creation/maker stuff.
>>
>> Do you guys have any ideas?
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> *Jordan Cooper*
>> *Technology Associate*
>> Athens County Public Libraries
>> jcooper at myacpl.org
>> (740) 590-1643
>>
>>
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