GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

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The mission of the Games and Gaming Round Table is to provide the following:
  • A forum for the exchange of ideas and concerns surrounding games in libraries;
  • Resources to the library community to support the building and maintaining of library game collections;
  • A force for initiating and supporting game programming in libraries;
  • Create an awareness of, and need for, the support of the value of gaming and play in libraries, schools, and related learning communities.
  • Create an awareness of the value of games and gaming in library outreach and community engagement plans.
  • A professional and social forum for networking among librarians and non-librarians interested in games and gaming.

  • 1.  Games in Libraries Podcast, May 2009

    Posted May 05, 2009 04:21 PM

    The May 2009 episode of the Games in Libraries podcast is available at

    http://www.gamesinlibraries.org/?p=81

    You can also listen to it here:

     

    You can sign up for the podcast in iTunes at http://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=278763209

     

     

    Want to chat about the podcast?  Comment on it here!



  • 2.  RE: Games in Libraries Podcast, May 2009

    Posted May 19, 2009 02:04 PM

    With Scott's permission, you can listen to the May 2009 Games in Libraries podcast in the Second Life virtual world, at the Member Lounge on ALA Island (79, 89, 29).

     

    Valerie Hawkins
    Library Reference Specialist
    ALA Library
    American Library Association
    50 East Huron Street
    Chicago, IL 60611-2795
    Phone: (800) 545-2433, ext. 2154
    vhawkins@ala.org
    http://www.ala.org/library



  • 3.  RE: Games in Libraries Podcast, May 2009

    Posted Jun 22, 2009 02:23 PM

    The Sims 3 - http://www.thesims3.com/

    Games & Gaming Member Initiative Group Community - http://connect.ala.org/gaming
    check out the calendar for Gaming at ALA!

    Five in Five Games

    Bolide - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/20865

    Suitcase Detectives - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/35481

    Power Grid - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/2651

    Polarity - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/17699

    In the Country - http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/29122