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RE: Budget Surplus 2026

Posted By Rebecca Strang Mar 26, 2025 02:41 PM
Found In Egroup: GAMERT (Gaming) Round Table \ view thread
Yeah, agree... for the travel grant and small publisher stipend, we'd have to have a proposal put together and finalized before Annual so it can be voted on by the ALA awards people and we just don't have the time to do that justice. Also, as has been said above, we don't know if we're going to have ...

RE: Join us for GameRT's March Mini Conference on Libraries & Video Games!

Posted By Rebecca Strang Mar 19, 2025 12:28 PM
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Yes - recordings will be available to GameRT members for the first six months following the event and then publicly available on Twitch and YouTube after those six months. Members can access members-only resources here. Rebecca Strang (she/they)https://toplayishuman.com/ Play, Storytelling, Games-----American ...

Join us for GameRT's March Mini Conference on Libraries & Video Games!

Posted By Rebecca Strang Mar 18, 2025 04:29 PM
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March Mini Con Theme: Libraries & Video Games Friday, March 28, 2025 10:00a - 3:15p Central (Chicago) Join us for a day of 15 minute presentations on a variety of topics related to libraries and video games! View live on GameRT's Twitch and YouTube channels! No registration necessary! Program outline ...

RE: Proposed budget for next meeting

Posted By Rebecca Strang Feb 19, 2025 09:47 PM
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Wait, I think I was looking at an old fy25 worksheet that's still on drive The updated version shows this as potentially available... Conference Equipment $2000 (is this all for Grove/play? Or something else?) Exhibits $1200 (is all of this left for Grove?) Printing Outside $500 (guessing this ...

RE: Proposed budget for next meeting

Posted By Rebecca Strang Feb 19, 2025 08:54 PM
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What exactly is *already* set aside in the budget for annual? (Aside from the potential $5k from CAH) Molly, Carl, and I were working on a list of costs for annual this week but it's not clear exactly how much money we're working with. Is this the only amount on the budget sheet for annual? Exhibits ...

Call for Proposals: 2025 March Mini Con (virtual) on Video Games & Libraries

Posted By Rebecca Strang Jan 02, 2025 01:42 PM
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Hello everyone! I wanted to share a reminder for GameRT's call for presentation proposals. If you have any questions, feel free to message me or email gamert@ala.org. I am on the committee organizing this virtual mini conference. March Mini Con 2025 - Call for Presentation Proposals The Games ...

RE: Managing the Games and Preventing them from walking away...

Posted By Rebecca Strang Dec 20, 2024 12:01 PM
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We don't do this at my library because we just don't have the additional room to store the game pieces outside of their boxes. But I have seen other libraries do this - either with bags similar to what you linked, or in hanging media bags. You can try posting in the GameRT Facebook group or Discord ...

ALA Round Table International Spectacular, Oct 18th (a day of celebrating international media and librarianship!)

Posted By Rebecca Strang Oct 07, 2024 04:30 PM
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Tune in to GameRT's Twitch or YouTube channels on Friday, October 18th for international mayhem! Learn about how ALA round tables and libraries work with translated, international, and diverse medias. No registration necessary, just go to GameRT's Twitch or YouTube channel the day of the event. This ...

RE: Best Practices for board games & cataloging TTRPGs (with OLAC)

Posted By Rebecca Strang Jul 23, 2024 10:20 AM
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Hi Rachael! I've passed your post on to our Metadata Committee! -Rebecca ------------------------------ Rebecca Strang (she/they) Children's Services Librarian Naperville Public Library President Emeritus, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) Co-Chair, GameRT Program Planning Committee Chair, GameRT ...

RE: Financial Town Hall

Posted By Rebecca Strang Jul 13, 2024 09:29 PM
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At the RTCA meeting at ALA Annual 2023 we specifically discussed "nest eggs" that certain round tables had built up (largely as a result of not spending during the pandemic lockdown period), including GameRT, to make sure that we would be able to use those funds and no one said "hey, that's not actually ...

ALA Games & Gaming Table is now on YouTube!

Posted By Rebecca Strang Apr 18, 2024 11:11 AM
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Cross-posting on ALA Members and GameRT. If you are not a GameRT member and are curious about who we are and what we do, find out more about GameRT! Hello everyone! We've crossed off a big thing on our wish list! GameRT now has a YouTube channel! We are currently working on uploading our past webinars ...

RE: Trivia Championship update

Posted By Rebecca Strang Dec 22, 2023 12:47 PM
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That's awesome! Rebecca Strang (she/her) Children's Services Librarian Naperville Public Library 630-637-4984 | www.naperville-lib.org

RE: Call for Submissions for iREAD 2025 Resource Guide (theme: Level Up at Your Library)

Posted By Rebecca Strang Dec 22, 2023 12:36 PM
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Looks like the period at the end of the sentence was included in the hyperlink! Thanks for the heads up - it's fixed and working now! ------------------------------ Rebecca Strang (she/they) Children's Services Librarian Naperville Public Library Past President, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) ...

Call for Submissions for iREAD 2025 Resource Guide (theme: Level Up at Your Library)

Posted By Rebecca Strang Nov 22, 2023 02:32 PM
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Hey everyone! The summer reading theme for iREAD in 2025 is LEVEL UP AT YOUR LIBRARY! The iREAD committee is looking for folks to submit ideas for the resource guide. The deadline for submissions is January 31, 2024. You can read the call for submissions here: https://www.ireadprogram.org/resources ...

RE: Upcoming Webinar: Developing a Visual Novel for Digital Bibliotherapy

Posted By Rebecca Strang Oct 18, 2023 10:54 AM
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Here's the link! I also updated Amber's post to correct the link. https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_5P44cDxhSkuvRr0DonFdag ------------------------------ Rebecca Strang (she/they) Children's Services Librarian Naperville Public Library Past President, Games & Gaming Round Table (GameRT) ...

RE: LibPlayX

Posted By Rebecca Strang Oct 11, 2023 12:10 PM
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That sounds amazing! Rebecca Strang (she/her) Children's Services Librarian Naperville Public Library 630-637-4984 | www.naperville-lib.org

RE: Licensing and in-library game consoles

Posted By Rebecca Strang Aug 26, 2023 09:57 AM
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For consoles, my library has a Wii and a Switch in the Teen Space. We also use a Switch for Video Game Club. The Teen Space checks out controllers to teens who want to play, though they have physical cartridges for a lot of the games instead of digital versions. For Video Game Club, we use a mix of digital ...

June 08 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

Posted By Rebecca Strang Jun 05, 2023 08:21 PM
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Hello everyone! Here's the agenda for our regularly scheduled monthly board meeting (we will also have a meeting in person at ALA Annual later this month). If you have anything to add to the agenda, please let me know. All GameRT members are welcome to attend board meetings. When we call for votes ...

2023-2024 Committee Volunteer Form

Posted By Rebecca Strang May 15, 2023 11:11 AM
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Reminder for GameRT volunteer applications, due May 31, 2023.  Remember, if you are currently on a committee, you need to fill out the application form for the new year - committee membership is for one year and must be renewed each year. Board members also need to submit an application for the ...

Volunteer at the GameRT Booth during ALA Annual 2023!

Posted By Rebecca Strang May 15, 2023 11:08 AM
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GameRT is recruiting volunteers to staff our booth at ALA Annual! Will you be in Chicago for ALA Annual 2023? Hang out with other GameRT members and help spread the word about GameRT events and initiatives by volunteering to staff the GameRT booth at ALA Annual! If you'd like to volunteer, please ...