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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 Presidnet Emily Drabinski's ALA Connect Ask Me Anything - September 28th

  • 1.  ALA Presidnet Emily Drabinski's ALA Connect Ask Me Anything - September 28th

    Posted Sep 22, 2023 11:58 AM

    Hi, everyone - 

    Passing along info about an upcoming ALA Connect Ask Me Anything with ALA President Emily Drabinski.

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    Join us in the ALA Members Community on ALA Connect on September 28th for an "Ask Me Anything about ALA" Conversation with ALA President Emily Drabinski. Login into ALA Connect on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT / noon MT / 11 a.m. PT for an opportunity to ask Emily Drabinski about anything, and everything ALA. President Drabinski would like to hear from you about what members need from the American Library Association right now.

    You can post questions for President Emily Drabinski until Friday, 9/22 here:

    https://connect.ala.org/discussion/ask-me-anything-with-ala-president-emily-drabinski-on-ala-connect-thursday-september-28-2023-at-2-pm-et-1-pm-ct-noon-mt-11-am-pt#bm8a942495-b4af-4ecf-b937-41c586183bca

     

    Emily Drabinski's bio: Emily Drabinski is an Associate Professor at the Queens College Graduate School of Library and Information Studies and President of the American Library Association. She edits Gender and Sexuality in Information Studies, a book series from Library Juice Press/Litwin Books.

     

    What do I need to do to participate? Login into the ALA Members Community on Thursday, September 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT / noon MT / 11 a.m. PT.

    How can I participate before September 28th? You can participate in two ways prior to September 28th:

     

    • First, participate before September 28th by replying to this thread with a question that you would like President Emily to answer. This discussion thread will remain open until Friday, September 22, 2023, at 1:00 p.m. CST. At 1:00 p.m. CST, the discussion thread will be closed until September 28, 2023, at 2 p.m. ET/ 1 p.m. CT / noon MT / 11 a.m. PT.

     

    •  Second, let your peers and colleagues know about the AMA and ask them to participate on September 28th, or by submitting a question.

    If you have any questions, feel free to email ALA Connect Community Manager Cory Stevenson at cstevenson@ala.org.



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    Tina Coleman
    Memebership Marketing Specialist
    Staff Liaison - GNCRT and GameRT
    American Library Association
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