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Volume 33, Issue 5
4 July 2016
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Review Article| July 04 2016

Floating castles, Legos, Candy, and Play: Counterplay 2016

Megan Lotts
Rutgers University
, New Brunswick, New Jersey,
USA

Megan Lotts (megan.lotts@rutgers.edu) is Art Librarian at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, New Jersey, USA.

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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-1678
Print ISSN: 0741-9058
© Emerald Group Publishing Limited
2016
Emerald Group Publishing Limited
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Library Hi Tech News (2016) 33 (5): 18–20.
https://doi.org/10.1108/LHTN-06-2016-0026
Purpose

The purpose of this paper is to review the Counterplay 2016 conference.

Design/methodology/approach

An account of the conference and thoughts on play.

Findings

This was an exciting interactive conference discussing play in theory and practice.

Originality/value

This was an original conference and review.

Keywords: Research, Conferences, Innovation, Creativity, Play, Lego
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2016
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