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.  Call for Submissions for iREAD 2025 Resource Guide (theme: Level Up at Your Library)

    Posted Nov 22, 2023 02:32 PM
    Edited by Rebecca Strang Dec 22, 2023 12:36 PM
    Hey everyone! The summer reading theme for iREAD in 2025 is LEVEL UP AT YOUR LIBRARY! The iREAD committee is looking for folks to submit ideas for the resource guide. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2024.
    You can read the call for submissions here: https://www.ireadprogram.org/resources/summer-2025-level-up-at-your-library/call-for-resource-guide-submissions.
     
    (I am not on this committee, just sharing the call for submissions. Please direct questions to the iREAD committee via email at iread@ila.org)
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    Rebecca Strang (she/they)
    Children's Services Librarian
    Naperville Public Library

    Past President, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT)
    Chair, GameRT Game On! Grant Committee
    Chair, GameRT Strategic Planning Committee
    Member, GameRT Program Planning Committee


    www.ToPlayIsHuman.com
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  • 2.  RE: Call for Submissions for iREAD 2025 Resource Guide (theme: Level Up at Your Library)

    Posted Dec 22, 2023 09:42 AM

    Thanks for sharing! This looks interesting. Just FYI, the link doesn't work, so I needed to copy and paste the text into my web browser.



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    Hannah Mabry Wang
    She/Her/Hers,They/theirs
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  • 3.  RE: Call for Submissions for iREAD 2025 Resource Guide (theme: Level Up at Your Library)

    Posted Dec 22, 2023 12:37 PM

    Looks like the period at the end of the sentence was included in the hyperlink! Thanks for the heads up - it's fixed and working now!



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    Rebecca Strang (she/they)
    Children's Services Librarian
    Naperville Public Library

    Past President, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT)
    Chair, GameRT Game On! Grant Committee
    Chair, GameRT Strategic Planning Committee
    Member, GameRT Program Planning Committee


    www.ToPlayIsHuman.com
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