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Sign Up! Join the Play for Resilience Campaign in May

Posted By George Bergstrom Mar 01, 2026 06:09 AM
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Hello GameRTMembers! This May, in recognition of Mental Health Awareness Month, nonprofit MESH Helps is inviting our members to participate in the Play for Resilience™ campaign - a national initiative highlighting the role of play in supporting children's mental, emotional, and social health. ...

RE: Follow-Up on ALA Play: ALA's Response

Posted By George Bergstrom Feb 26, 2026 04:11 AM
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Stephanie, I did conact with Tina after the program planning meeting (2/19) and she said that she had put GameRT's programs into the "harvester" (a little later than usual) and that they will show up... and as a personal reminder ALA tools/procedures do move a bit slow. After Tina's reassurance ...

RE: Atlas Games Donations for Libraries

Posted By George Bergstrom Feb 26, 2026 04:06 AM
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Thanks for the heads up. It's so funny I saw posts from Atlas a few months ago on social media about give aways, replied, and got a response from John that the demand was higher than expected and that there weren't any left. I sent a second email after your post (letting him know I could be further down ...

RE: February Board Meeting

Posted By George Bergstrom Feb 03, 2026 09:12 PM
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Bryan, I believe that is just on the agenda as a standing item. Members have gone to GenCon (including myself) but GameRT hasn't done anything official yet. If you are on the Discord you can see my time in pictures in the conferences channel (or are they threads) labeled Platy @ GenCon 2025. ...

Volunteer publishing opportunity

Posted By George Bergstrom Jan 15, 2026 03:02 PM
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All, GameRT has be approached by an editor of RUSQ about writing a column on collection development of games. Below is the message from them with the details. If anyone is interested in this opportunity let me know and I'll sending a connecting email. -George I don't actually have the exact deadlines ...

Caring Games: How gmaes support inclusion, compassion, and care - and when they don't

Posted By George Bergstrom Jan 15, 2026 06:26 AM
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All, The Department of Human Centered Computing, Luddy School of Informatics, Computing and Engineering is hosting a webinar from Dr. Karen (Kat) Schrier. Friday, February 6, 2026 at 11:00 AM Eastern. Caring Games: How Games Support Inclusion, Compassion, and Care-and When They Don't – IU Indianapolis ...

Last minute call

Posted By George Bergstrom Nov 12, 2025 07:32 AM
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All, A reminder that I am hosting a webinar this morning at 10AM Eastern: What's Up Wednesday - How to run a tabletop game design workshop at your library Nov 12, 2025 @ 10AM Eastern https://isl.libcal.com/event/14946484 Even if you can't make it, register to recieve the link to the recording ...

Luddy Colloquia Series: Andrew Borman, The Strong National Museum of Play - Save the Game

Posted By George Bergstrom Oct 27, 2025 08:48 AM
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All, This event will be Nov. 13 @ 6:00 PM Eastern/5:00 PM Central/4:00 PM Mountain/3:00 PM Pacific. https://events.iu.edu/event/2053859-luddy-colloquia-borman Registration is free. -George ------------------------------ George Bergstrom Southern Regional Coordinator, Professional Development ...

Upcoming games/gaming webinars

Posted By George Bergstrom Aug 25, 2025 08:46 AM
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All, I am will be moderating the followng webinars for the Indiana State Library and co-sponsored by GameRT. See the calendar for complete detials and the registration link. Even if you can't attend live, if you register you will recieve the link to the recording about a week after the webinar. ...

2 days left to vote for the 2025 Platy's

Posted By George Bergstrom May 29, 2025 07:50 AM
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All, If you haven't voted on this year's Platinum Play nominations you have two days left. The link to the voting- form and details about the Platinum Play Hall of Fame can be found on this blog post: Vote on this year's Platinum Play! Ala remove preview Vote on this year's Platinum ...

Registration for International Games Month 2025 is open!

Posted By George Bergstrom May 01, 2025 02:06 PM
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We invite you to take this opportunity to get registered: https://bit.ly/IGM2025registration. The resources that the IGM Committee is putting together will be on the site soon: https://games.ala.org/international-games-month/. Updates will come as the committee has time between now and November, so be ...

It's time to vote for the 2025 Platinum Play Hall of Fame nominees

Posted By George Bergstrom Apr 28, 2025 10:07 AM
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The Awards Committee of the Games & Gaming Round Table need your help! Vote on this year's Platinum Play (bit.ly/Platinum-Play-2025) and let us know which games you think should be inducted into the 2025 class for our hall of fame. These games have been nominated by you or members, don't see your favorite ...

RE: New Blog Post! - GameRT Announces the Platinum Play 2025 Classics

Posted By George Bergstrom Apr 24, 2025 04:09 AM
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Paul, It is on the GameRT website instead of the blog: https://www.ala.org/gamert/platinum-play-hall-fame -George George Bergstrom Regional Coordinator-Professional Development, Southern Indiana State Library 317-447-2242 gbergstrom@library.in.gov @TheLibGamer

Platinum Play Award nominations open

Posted By George Bergstrom Mar 25, 2025 10:15 AM
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All, This is a reminder that the Platinum Play Award committee is still seeking nominations for the 2025 awards season. To read more about the award, see last years winners, and our classics see the website: https://games.ala.org/platinum-play-game-hall-of-fame/ Visit the form to nominate ...

Platinum Play Hall of Fame nomination for 2025

Posted By George Bergstrom Feb 15, 2025 01:01 PM
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The awards committee is looking for nominations for the Platinum Play Hall of fame class of 2025. The nominations form can be found here: Table 1 - Submission form for the Platinum Play Award If you would like more information about the hall of fame, it can be found on our website here: Platinum ...

elections coming soon - seeking nominations

Posted By George Bergstrom Nov 13, 2024 08:02 AM
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All, The ALA elections are coming soon. As the GameRT past president and chair of the strategic planning committee one of my duties is to find members interested in running for the open positions on the board for next year. These positions include the president-elect (a three year commitment), the ...

RE: International Games Month and Sponsors

Posted By George Bergstrom Sep 25, 2024 08:39 AM
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Sidney, I'll check when I get home for you. George Sent from my iPhone

International Games Month and Sponsors

Posted By George Bergstrom Sep 23, 2024 02:04 PM
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All, There is just 1 week left to register and be eligible for all of the sponsor drawings. If you register after September 30 you will still be eligible for the drawings for digital games and discount codes. For perspective we have over 1200 physical items donated and only about 225 US libraries ...

RE: International Games Month Registration Help

Posted By George Bergstrom Sep 23, 2024 04:55 AM
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Teresa, The round table does work with publishers to get sponsorship, and that creates the basis for what games and gaming materials are available for libraries to possibly win. This year there are over 1200 physical giveaways and over 100 digital giveaways. In addition there are 300 discount codes ...

Announcing the Digital Games in Libraries project

Posted By George Bergstrom Sep 03, 2024 11:05 AM
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All, The IMLS awarded one of their grants to UNCG, which they are calling the Digital Games in Libraries project. Here is the website: https://go.uncg.edu/dgil "The Digital Games in Libraries (DGIL) project is developing strategies and tools for libraries of all kinds to collect, preserve, and ...

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