GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table

The early bird registration deadline for Core Forum 2025 is Sunday, October 5! Special conference rates on hotel rooms at the Hilton Denver City Center also end this Wednesday, October 17.

Join your colleagues at Core Forum 2025, November 12-14, in Denver, CO, at the Hilton Denver City Center! Gather with old friends and make new connections while celebrating the intersection and overlap of the core work we do. Learn more about Forum and register for the main event and preconferences at www.coreforum.org.

Two full days of presentations, interactive panel discussions, and activities are guaranteed to be both thought-provoking and highly relevant to participants' current and future career paths. Forum engages the collective expertise of presenters and participants, facilitates enriching conversations, and offers unique learning opportunities. Everyone, including non-Core members, are encouraged to register, bring real-life questions, share experiences, and network to learn new perspectives.

Registration

Consider becoming a Library Supporter only available to libraries at $2500. You will receive the following benefits:

• Up to 8 Forum Registrations

• Exhibitor Table Top

• Listing with medium size logo on the Forum website

• Acknowledgement on program and on social media 

Core and Colorado Association of Libraries (CLA) members can save $150 by taking advantage of the Early Bird discount. Advance registration ends November 12.  Join Core and Save!

Preconference sessions and tours tickets are available for an additional charge - space is limited. 

Core has secured a room block at the Hilton Denver City Center hotel for registered Core Forum attendees. Housing reservations must be made prior to October 17. Space is limited.

Wednesday, November 12

Preconferences

Half-Day Preconferences 12:00pm - 4:00pm MST

• Activating the Leaders and Cultivating Your Team: Thinking Differently about Who You Are and What You Do in the Library

• Disaster Response Planning: from Risk Assessment to Implementation and Recovery

• Embedding Anti-Racism Practices into Program Innovations

• Introduction to Digital Preservation

• Low-Maintenance, High-Impact: Creating Sustainable Digital Collections with CollectionBuilder

• Negotiation for Library Workers: Concepts and Competencies

Library Buildings Tour

Full-Day tour from 7:30am - 4:00pm MST

• BCUL and APL Tour of Denver Area Libraries - Spaces are limited

Thursday, November 13 

Sessions from 8:30am - 4:45pm

• Keynote Presentation: Casey Fiesler, Associate Professor in the Department of Information Science (as well as Computer Science, by courtesy) at CU Boulder, with additional affiliations with Silicon Flatirons at the law school and the ATLAS Institute

• 4 Sets of Concurrent Sessions Across 6 Program Tracks

• Sponsor & Exhibitor Table Top Displays

Core 5-Year Gala Reception: 5:00pm - 6:30pm MST

Friday, November 14

Sessions from 8:30am - 4:45pm

• Keynote Presentation: Melanie Yazzie, Professor of Art Practices and Head of Printmaking at the University of Colorado in Boulder, Colorado

• Poster Sessions - 35 posters

• 4 Sets of Concurrent Sessions Across 6 Program Tracks

View Full Current Event Schedule

Core Forum is Sponsored by the Following:

Diamond Sponsor: OCLC

Gold Sponsor: AGATI Furniture

Silver Sponsor: Clarivate

Bronze Sponsor: Spacesaver, TBS

Library Supporter: University of Minnesota Libraries

Exhibitors: AM Digital, Backstage Library Works, Duke University Press, ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom, Ratio, Coherent Digital, Gale, Trail (Technical Report, Archive & Image Gallery)

Exhibitor and sponsorship opportunities are still available. Please contact Julie Reese at jreese@ala.org or 312-280-5030 to learn more.

For more information about other Core events and programs, contact the Core office at corece@ala.org, or visit www.ala.org/core.

We look forward to seeing you in Denver!

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John Klima
Technology Manager
Waukesha Public Library
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