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.

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What's Up Wednesday - Roll for Instruction! Game Based Training for Librarian Development

  • 1.  What's Up Wednesday - Roll for Instruction! Game Based Training for Librarian Development

    Posted 3 hours ago

    This webinar is co-sponsored by ALA's Games and Gaming Round Table

    Wednesday June 10, 2026 @ 10AM Eastern

    Description:  
    Discover how tabletop role-playing games (TTRPGs) are ideal professional development tools for focusing on enhancing skills that build instructional confidence. This session introduces a practical approach to using interactive, story-driven scenarios to strengthen teaching techniques, classroom management, collaboration, and on-the-fly problem solving skills that directly enhance patron interactions.  Attendees will take away ideas for running their own adaptable scenarios they can plug into existing training, as well as tips for helping staff reflect, apply what they practiced, and transfer those skills to their instruction and presentations.  This session aims to inspire library staff to adopt game-based learning for continuous improvement, ensuring instruction librarians are creative, adaptable educators in any setting.

    Presenters:

    • Justin Harrison - Business Undergraduate Program Librarian - SMU
    • Tracey Rinehart - Instruction Coordinator and Business Graduate Programs Librarian - SMU

    Register: Webinar Registration - Zoom



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    George Bergstrom
    Southern Regional Coordinator, Professional Development Office
    Indiana State Library
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