University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Creating an academic library escape room: An outreach and assessment experience

Claunch, Kristina; Dahman, Sofiya; Ussery, Fawn; Katembe, Margaret

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Title
Creating an academic library escape room: An outreach and assessment experience
Author(s)
  • Claunch, Kristina
  • Dahman, Sofiya
  • Ussery, Fawn
  • Katembe, Margaret
Issue Date
2023-09
Keyword(s)
  • Academic libraries
  • Escape rooms
  • Pandemic
  • Low-cost outreach
  • Student engagement
Abstract
An Escape Room encourages patron participation within the library while having a fun and cost- effective experience. Academic librarians who are initially uncertain of trying to create an escape room will find that the benefits far outweigh the challenges. A useful example is provided in this paper. Not only are escape rooms a great outreach tool, they can easily be manipulated to fit the needs of an environment both pre- and post-pandemic. This article describes the outreach efforts of a small four-year public university library and the lessons learned.
Series/Report Name or Number
Journal of Library Outreach and Engagement, vol. 3
Type of Resource
text
Language
eng
DOI
https://doi.org/10.21900/j.jloe.v3.1161
Copyright and License Information
  • Copyright 2023 Kristina Claunch, Sofiya Dahman, Fawn Ussery, Margaret Katembe
  • This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).

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JLOE V3 2023 PRIMARY
Volume 3