Zahra Batooli; Fatemeh Fahimnia
Abstract
Purpose: review of articles in the field of Game in libraries and provide scientometric and content analysis of this field.The study population included 86 articles in the field of Game in libraries that indexed in Scopus by the end of 2016.Articles information saved in Excel to be analyzed in the final ...
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Purpose: review of articles in the field of Game in libraries and provide scientometric and content analysis of this field.The study population included 86 articles in the field of Game in libraries that indexed in Scopus by the end of 2016.Articles information saved in Excel to be analyzed in the final stage. Title and Abstracts and If availability, the fulltext of the articles were studied. 66.3 percent of articles were "Research paper". Collection of these articles was cited 134 times. The results of articles analysis are provided based on the type of library, research methods, game style and Subject. The most important subjects in in the field of "Game in libraries" were Game-based learning, Game collection development, Game programs, Game design, Game analysis, Information literacy, Library instruction, search ethics, plagiarism and gamification. Identify different subjects of the field of game in libraries Will be most effective to the success of research projects in this field and to provide long-term planning for Implementation of game programs in libraries and using game in education such as library instruction, information literacy education
