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RE: New Blog Post! - Third Quarter 2025 Video Game Releases

Posted By Joshua Newport Oct 21, 2025 01:11 PM
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Thank you, Tylar! ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian – Milner 518 Liaison for Chemistry; Health Sciences; Geology, Geography, and the Environment; Information Technology; Kinesiology and Recreation; and Mathematics Campus Box 8900, ...

RE: New Blog Post! - First Quarter 2025 Video Game Releases

Posted By Joshua Newport Apr 09, 2025 04:10 PM
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Thank you Tylar! ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian – Milner 518 Liaison for Chemistry; Health Sciences; Geology, Geography, and the Environment; Information Technology; Kinesiology and Recreation; and Mathematics Campus Box ...

RE: Vote for the Platinum Play Awards!

Posted By Joshua Newport Apr 22, 2024 11:08 AM
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Is anyone else having issues with the ballot or is it just me? Josh ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian – Milner 518 Liaison for Chemistry; Health Sciences; Geology, Geography, and the Environment; Information Technology; Kinesiology ...

RE: Trivia Championship update

Posted By Joshua Newport Dec 21, 2023 09:33 AM
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Fantastic!! 😊 ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian – Milner 518 Liaison for Chemistry; Health Sciences; Geology, Geography, and the Environment; Information Technology; Kinesiology and Recreation; and Mathematics ...

RE: December board meeting

Posted By Joshua Newport Nov 27, 2023 11:16 AM
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Hello George, I just transcribed these onto my calendar for next semester and I changed the one listed as March 8th (a Friday) to be on March 7th which is a Thursday like all the others to match the pattern... was that appropriate, or was it intentionally scheduled for a Friday and I made an error? ...

RE: April 2023 GameRT Monthly Board Meeting Agenda

Posted By Joshua Newport Apr 07, 2023 10:15 AM
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Hello, Unfortunately I will be unable to attend the board meeting next week as I have an all day meeting that day to work on planning the state's annual conference. Josh ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian Milner 518 ...

RE: Wizards of the coast update

Posted By Joshua Newport Jan 27, 2023 03:14 PM
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On the one hand, I'm glad that they listened and are responding this way. On the other hand, I feel like I'm already moving on. As much as I really enjoy the D&D system, I'm suddenly much more interested in other systems. I've needed to expand my TTRPG life more thoroughly for a while and this gave me ...

Call for Presenters: RUSA ETS Tech Showcase at ALA 2023

Posted By Joshua Newport Jan 25, 2023 12:48 PM
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We are seeking presenters for the RUSA ETS Tech Showcase at ALA 2023 in Chicago, IL. Our planned format will be for all of the presenters to give a short introduction to their topic at the beginning of the session and then have tables where the audience can go to interact with the presenters and get ...

RE: Can't find meeting

Posted By Joshua Newport Nov 10, 2022 12:20 PM
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Hello! Sorry, don't know if it's a different link, but here's one I copied out of Zoom: https://ala-events.zoom.us/j/96014498635?pwd=azZUMTNkMTkra0VCY1h6OXI2V2orQT09 Josh ------------------------------ Joshua Newport Math and Science Librarian Illinois State University He/Him/His ----- ...

RE: Starting a new board game collection in an academic library

Posted By Joshua Newport Sep 26, 2022 09:20 AM
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Hello Vickie! Our university is just starting a Game Collection and we plan to ask faculty what games they might find to be useful teaching and/or research tools to help us populate it. In addition, these are some games that I've looked into that might be of interest: Potential Games of Interest ...

RE: Meeting Agenda for Wednesday

Posted By Joshua Newport Aug 24, 2022 01:12 PM
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Hello! We had a great meeting with Daniel Messer and Dr. Jordan in attendance. We went over our proposal from last year and adapted it to submit for this year, which we will need to submit soon as it is due by September 16th! Especially if you were unable to attend today's meeting I would greatly ...

Meeting Agenda for Wednesday

Posted By Joshua Newport Aug 22, 2022 02:07 PM
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Hello! This Wednesday, 8/24, we will have our August meeting (Zoom link https://illinoisstate.zoom.us/j/93692419358 ). This will be a very important meeting as the deadline for this year's ALA proposals is September 16th, making this meeting our last one before the deadline! The agenda for the meeting ...

RE: Blog?

Posted By Joshua Newport May 31, 2022 10:10 AM
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Hello Brandon! The blog can be found at https://games.ala.org/! Josh ------------------------------------------- Joshua Newport (he/him/his) Math and Science Librarian Milner 518 Liaison for Chemistry; Information Technology; Kinesiology and Recreation; and Mathematics Campus ...

RE: Volunteer Opportunity: Magic the Gathering Arena Learn to Play

Posted By Joshua Newport Aug 12, 2021 10:46 AM
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Hello Michael! I've played paper Magic off and on since about 1996/97 and currently play MtG Arena on an almost daily basis to get all the free resources I can. I'd be happy to help you with it if you'd like. My Arena username is Vulcan_IDIC#60212, feel free to add me! Josh ------------------------------ ...

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