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.  Gaming at Core Forum

    Posted Aug 08, 2022 02:51 PM
    Join me at the first ever Core Forum in Salt Lake City, Utah October 13-15  Full registration details can be found at the Core Forum 2022 website. The Core Forum will be the inaugural conference for ALA's newest division, Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, Futures. It will bring together decision-makers and practitioners from the ALA division that focuses on: Access & Equity, Assessment, Buildings & Operations, Leadership & Management, Metadata & Collections, and Technology. Our program tracks, dine-arounds, and discussions will be structured around these six topics, particularly the ways in which they integrate together.  A few highlights related to gaming are below. See you in SLC!
     
    Keynote: The opening keynote speaker will be C. Thi Nguyen, author of the American Philosophical Association 2021 Book Prize Award Winner, Games: Agency As Art. C. Thi Nguyen is Associate Professor of Philosophy at University of Utah. He writes and speaks about trust, art, games, and communities.

    Sessions: What's Next for the Library? Gaming, VR and eSports? Libraries continuously realign with institutional priorities, new academic program offerings and the interests of incoming students. Burgeoning interdisciplinary academic programs embrace gaming - not just game design, but also music composition for games, design/artwork, storytelling and more. With growing digital media collections, libraries are repurposing space allocated to housing low-use formats (CD, DVD) for gaming learning activities. Should your library grow its game collection and dedicate space for gaming furniture and technology to buttress these programs? Explore strategies for successfully supporting gaming and its ancillary programs, and the role academic libraries can play in the enormously popular realm of eSports.

    About Core: Core: Leadership, Infrastructure, and Futures is the division of the American Library Association whose mission is to cultivate and amplify the collective expertise of library workers in core functions through community building, advocacy, and learning.



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    Wendy Tressler
    Core Forum 2022 Chair
    Core President Elect 2022-2023
    Director, Capital Planning & Project Management
    Columbus Metropolitan Library
    She/Her/Hers
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