GameRT Presents: Let the Games Begin: Escape Room-Style Library Orientation

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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.
When:  Dec 16, 2021 from 12:00 PM to 01:00 PM (CT)
Join us for our next webinar!

GameRT Presents: Let the Games Begin: Escape Room-Style Library Orientation

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FG6U5fuCSfWgXXAyAfsp2Q

Escape room-style games, both physical and virtual, can enhance library orientation or 101 introduction sessions, creating a memorable and interactive experience for students learning about library resources. The presenters will discuss three games developed for this purpose (one physical and two virtual), including the tools (from Excel to Qualtrics to Scratch to LibWizard) used and the development processes that helped bring these games to life.

PRESENTERS:
Katherine Jones, Head of Technical Services at State University of New York at Oswego
Morgan Bond, Resource Sharing Librarian at State University of New York at Oswego
Sharona Ginsberg, Head of Terrapin Learning Commons at the University of Maryland.

REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_FG6U5fuCSfWgXXAyAfsp2Q

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Questions? Email gamert@ala.org

This webinar is presented by the American Library Association's Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT). Registration for this webinar is free and open to anyone. This webinar will be recorded, but initial access to the recording will only be available to GameRT members. ALA membership information can be found here: http://www.ala.org/membership/joinala.

The Zoom capacity for this webinar is 500 attendees. If the webinar reaches capacity, it will also be publicly live streamed to the ALA Games & Gaming Round Table Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/gamertala.