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.  Seeking librarians for a survey about video games

    Posted Nov 20, 2013 12:24 PM

    Hello gaming librarians,


    We are conducting a survey to learn more about the information needs and behaviors of people who interact with video games in order to improve information systems for video games. In addition to people who play games themselves, we are also interested in parents of children who play video games, people who collect video games, academic scholars who study video games, librarians/curators who work in libraries or museums with video game collections, game developers and designers, and more!


    If you play video games of any type—including console games, streaming or other online games, or games on your smartphone or tablet--or work with games in other ways, would you please help us by taking this survey?


    Completing the whole survey will take about 20-30 minutes. If you choose, you may submit your email address to be entered in a drawing for an Amazon gift card (one of ten $20 gift cards or one $100 gift card). This survey is anonymous and completely voluntary.


    To participate in the survey, please go to: http://faculty.washington.edu/jinhalee/survey/index.php/953473/lang-en


    Thank you for your consideration! Please feel free to share this survey invitation with others who might be interested.


    Regards,


    Jin Ha Lee                                                           Rachel Clarke


    Assistant Professor                                        Ph.D. Candidate


    Information School                                       Information School


    University of Washington                           University of Washington


    Email: jinhalee@uw.edu                             Email: raclarke@uw.edu



  • 2.  RE: Seeking librarians for a survey about video games

    Posted Dec 03, 2013 01:28 PM

    Perfect!  It would be great to see the results of the survey.  I've shared this survey with the UCLA Library's Game-based Teaching and Learning Group.  We are in the process of putting together a proposal for a videogame collection by the end of this month  -- https://www.facebook.com/groups/uclalib.game/. 



  • 3.  RE: Seeking librarians for a survey about video games

    Posted Dec 05, 2013 02:20 PM

    Thank you for sharing this along! We reported some earlier findings at Midwinter last year and will hopefully be able to report more at ALA this summer. If you know of any other venues that you think might be appropriate for and interested in hearing about our work, I'm all ears!