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.  April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 07, 2023 10:02 AM

    Greetings!

    Our April meeting is coming up soon and here's the agenda! Let me know if you've got anything to add to the agenda. If you have a committee update and would like me to add bullets for specific committee topics to the agenda, please post them here as a comment and I'll update the agenda. Zoom link is posted at the end of the agenda.

    Meeting Agenda for April 13, 2023, 12p Central:

    • Board attendance - Liz

    • January meeting minutes approval - Liz

    • Treasurer's report - Jennifer

    • Council report - Gina

    • Updates from ALA - Tina Coleman/Kathy Carroll

    • ALA EDI Assembly update - Jenn

    • ALA Membership Promotions Task Force - Matthew

    • 2023-24 Committees

      • Application form revised and ready, due May 31

      • Committee Chairs

        • Consider co-chairs for more committees

        • Get chair interest feedback to George

      • George will appoint chairs and select committee members in June

        • Committees will have a ten members (except Strategic, which will have 3-5)

      • New chairs announced at ALA Annual board meeting

      • Full committee member list updated for posting with ALA Annual board meeting minutes

    • Program Planning Committee updates - Danielle/Dana

      • Virtual programming - Danielle

        • Upcoming Webinars/Learn & Play

        • Upcoming Twitch programs - Danielle/Russell

      • Conference programming - Dana

        • ALA Annual updates

        • Gen Con updates

        • Other conferences we're keeping an eye on?

    • Outreach Committee update - Joshua

      • Blog updates

      • Social media updates

    • Lists and Awards Committee Update - Jessica S.

    • IGM Committee update - George

    • Strategic Planning Committee update - Thomas

      • Membership survey

    • Game On! Grant Committee Update - Rebecca

    • Open questions/comments


    GameRT Round Table is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

    Topic: Monthly GameRT Board Meeting
    Time: Second Thursday of the month at 12:00 PM Central Time (US and Canada)

    Apr 13, 2023 12:00 PM
    May 11, 2023 12:00 PM
    Jun 8, 2023 12:00 PM

    Join Zoom Meeting
    Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/j/92480277390?pwd=eVd6N1BjbWk0UjlpaEM1WkVwaG1XQT09
    Meeting ID: 924 8027 7390
    Passcode: play



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    Rebecca Strang
    She/Her/Hers,They/Them/Theirs
    Children's Services Librarian
    Naperville Public Library

    President, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT)
    Chair, GameRT Game On! Grant Committee


    www.ToPlayIsHuman.com
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  • 2.  RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 07, 2023 10:15 AM

     

    Hello,

     

    Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the board meeting next week as I have an all day meeting that day to work on planning the state's annual conference.

     

    Josh

     

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    Joshua Newport (he/him/his)

    Math and Science Librarian – Milner 518

    Liaison for Chemistry; Health Sciences;

    Geology, Geography, and the Environment; Information Technology;

    Kinesiology and Recreation; and Mathematics

    Campus Box 8900, Milner Library, Illinois State University

    Normal, IL  61790

    309-438-7444

     




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  • 3.  RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 19, 2023 09:54 AM

    Are minutes from this meeting available? I was unable to attend the meeting. Thanks!



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    Denise Knestaut
    Library Specialist
    Brandywine Hundred Library
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  • 4.  RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 20, 2023 10:14 AM

    Hi Denise. The Board members review the minutes for errors before I post them publicly. You should see them here on April 27th. 



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    Elizabeth Brown
    Outreach & Instruction Librarian
    University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
    She/Her/Hers
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    Original Message


  • 5.  RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 20, 2023 10:17 AM
    Minutes should be posted next week! Our Secretary, Liz Brown, posts them two weeks after the meeting.

    Rebecca Strang (she/her)

    Children's Services Librarian

    Naperville Public Library

    630-637-4984 | www.naperville-lib.org

     




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  • 6.  RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

    Posted Apr 27, 2023 11:34 AM

    April Board Meeting minutes are now available. 



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    Elizabeth Brown
    Outreach & Instruction Librarian
    University of Colorado, Colorado Springs
    She/Her/Hers
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    Original Message