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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.
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Games for Community Webinar (from Educause)

  • 1.  Games for Community Webinar (from Educause)

    Posted Oct 09, 2020 03:41 PM

    Hi everyone, and apologies for cross-posting, but this looks to be a fun (and free!) webinar from the Educause Games & Learning Community Group.  Not specifically about libraries, but...

    Registration information at the bottom.

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    Tricia Boucher

     

    Please join us Oct. 21 at NOON EST.

     

    Ben Stokes will be our guest speaker and will be discussing his new book, Locally Played: Real World Games for Stronger Places and Communities

     


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    Benjamin Stokes is a civic media scholar, game designer, and director of     The Playful City Lab. He is also an Assistant Professor in the School of Communication, and at the AU Game Lab. Previously, he co-founded Games for Change, the movement hub for advancing social change with games. At the MacArthur Foundation prior to academia, Benjamin was a program officer in their portfolio on Digital Media and Learning. Benjamin has also worked at the UC Berkeley School of Information as a postdoctoral scholar in data science. Design experience in civil society includes leading teams at NetAid/Mercy Corps in global citizenship education.

    When: Oct 21, 2020 NOON Eastern Time (US and Canada)

    Topic: EDUCAUSE Games and Learning Webinar with Ben Stokes

     

    Register in advance for this webinar:

    https://psu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_HazWFKpjRb6UUKLcbjltrA

     

    Or an H.323/SIP room system:

        H.323:

        162.255.37.11 (US West)

        162.255.36.11 (US East)

        221.122.88.195 (China)

        115.114.131.7 (India Mumbai)

        115.114.115.7 (India Hyderabad)

        213.19.144.110 (Amsterdam Netherlands)

        213.244.140.110 (Germany)

        103.122.166.55 (Australia)

        209.9.211.110 (Hong Kong SAR)

        64.211.144.160 (Brazil)

        69.174.57.160 (Canada)

        207.226.132.110 (Japan)

        Meeting ID: 954 8777 7428

        Passcode: 640114

        SIP: 95487777428@zoomcrc.com

        Passcode: 640114

     

    After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining the webinar.

     

     

     

    Tricia Boucher

    User Experience Librarian/Psychology Librarian

    Alkek Library, Texas State University

    601 University Dr., San Marcos, TX 78666

    squirrel@txstate.edu

    512-245-2685

     

    The loss of white privilege is not oppression – it's equality.

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