The Carnegie Mellon University Libraries have a couple of library games (yes, i said library games) in their new Library Arcade .

The first game is Within Range, and it's an LC call number shelving game. Seriously.

The second game is I'll Get It, and it's more complex. The player takes the role of a librarian servicing visitor requests. You have to decide what kind of resources are appropriate for each one. It's basically Library Dash.

Within Range is cute but a bit forgettable (LC shelving isn't exactly rocket science, and there's not a lot of game wrapped around the experience), but I found I'll Get It to be genuinely clever.

The games were created by CMU Entertainment Technology Center students.

(via Dennis Jerz)