Experimedia

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The State Library has a gaming section because: // // 1.  ////There was no form of entertainment in the library for the younger children. // // 2.  ////The books are not appropriate for the younger audience. // // 3.  ////Use of the computers was not allowed without parental supervision. // // 4.  ////The State Library prohibits people from bring in personal belongings. // //

**History of Experimedia.**

The idea of Experimedia was first thought of after a mother and a daughter experience at the State Library. The daughter found it difficult to entertain her self while her mother was looking for books. So while her mother was looking for books she sat down and wrote a letter to the premier, John Brumby. Surprisingly the Premier read the letter and agreed to it. 2 years and $500,000 later Experimedia was created. Experimedia is not a day care centre or just a place for gaming it’s a family centre it can be used for families to read books to their children, drawing, painting and many more things.

**Who goes there? (Experimedia).**

After talking with the librarian at Experimedia we found out that the majority of people that go there are mostly little kids (for the painting and other interactive stuff), teenagers (mainly for the free internet and for the consoles) and sometimes young adults (that pretty much use the 1 hour free access computers and it’s a nice comfortable place to sit down and read).




 * About Experimedia.**

Some interesting facts about Experimedia:

Unlike the rest of the library which has 15 minute computer access Experimedia has 1 hour free computer access. //// 2. // //All Victorian made games must give a copy to the State Library of Victoria. ////<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> 3. //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Started construction 2004 opened in 2005 ////<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> 4. //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Concept came from a nine year old girl. ////<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> 5. //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">It cost $500,000 to build. ////<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> 6. //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">Contains a massive projector screen that shows exhibits. ////<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Georgia; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> 7. //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: Georgia; mso-ansi-language: EN-US"> //<span style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US">X-Box 360 a Playstation 2 and X- Box are the consoles on exhibit here. //

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