Dale Leorke

Dale Leorke is an independent researcher and writer. He examines how games and other media are reshaping both public space and public libraries. His books include Location-based Gaming: Play in Public Space (2018), Public Libraries in the Smart City (2018), Openness in Practice: Understanding Attitudes to Open Government Data (2021), The Library as Playground: How Games and Play are Reshaping Public Culture (2022) and the edited collection Games and Play in the Creative, Smart and Ecological City (2020).