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.
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ALA Gaming Pavilion to showcase link between gaming and literacy

  • 1.  ALA Gaming Pavilion to showcase link between gaming and literacy

    Posted Jul 01, 2009 09:16 PM

    Demco, Gen Con, Screenlife Games, Wizards of the Coast and many more to participate

    CHICAGO – In today’s technology-driven world, learning reaches beyond the classroom. As literacy formats change, the demand increases for these new resources. On July 11 to 14 at McCormick Place West in the Exhibits Hall, the American Library Association (ALA) Gaming Pavilion will showcase the latest format to support literacy in libraries – gaming.

    Read the full press release at:

    http://www.ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pressreleases2009/june2009/gamingpavilion_olos.cfm