Game Jams for Libraries

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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:  Aug 24, 2022 from 09:00 AM to 10:00 AM (CT)
REGISTRATION REQUIRED: https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_vaT_BeB1S5iOZ74gC0Ydog

Game Jams are events in which participants, on their own or in groups, design a game within a set timescale. The most popular jams can have tens of thousands of participants at hundreds of sites globally. This webinar will show how games jams can be used in libraries, how they can be connected to your existing programming, and how you can encourage participants who have never made a game before to join in using easy game making tools that require no coding skills. The webinar draws from the experience of running games jams connected to the British Library digital collections, and will introduce some options for creating digital games in your library and show you how you can join this year's IGM Games Jam.

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