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INFO: Committee Membership

Posted By Amber Sewell Jul 17, 2025 02:22 PM
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Hello, all! By now, most (if not all) committee chairs have reached out to their groups about first meetings. If you wanted to be on a committee but have not been contacted, please let me and the (co)chair of the committee know, either here or by email (amber.sewell@unlv.edu). As always, if you ...

July Board Meeting

Posted By Amber Sewell Jul 08, 2025 06:29 PM
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Hello, everyone! The July board meeting will be held this Thursday, July 10th at noon CST. Looking forward to seeing y'all there and please let me know if you have an agenda item to add! Zoom link Meeting ID: 947 1397 5600 Passcode: 460061 Agenda I am currently in the process of emailing all ...

Volunteers Needed: GameRT Liaisons for IFC & COPE

Posted By Amber Sewell Jun 04, 2025 02:06 PM
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Hello, GameRT members! I am reaching out with two volunteer opportunities. GameRT needs liaisons for the Intellectual Freedom Committee (IFC) and the Committee on Professional Ethics (COPE). These are one-year terms (July 1, 2025-June 30, 2026). Volunteers do not need to be board members, though I ...

Looking to get involved? Volunteer for a GameRT committee!

Posted By Amber Sewell Mar 31, 2025 01:47 PM
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Hello, all, I am your president-elect Amber Sewell. My term as GameRT president starts at the end of Annual this summer, and one of my duties is to make sure all of the committees are full of great volunteers. If you have ever wanted to get more involved with GameRT, from something as simple as writing ...

RE: Budget Surplus 2026

Posted By Amber Sewell Mar 24, 2025 02:00 PM
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Considering this is more of a short term consideration, I'm inclined to cover AV and food at Play. I think it went really well last year, and as Molly mentioned, if we'd like to include more video game publishers in our efforts, this seems like a way to see how practical that consideration might be. ...

RE: December Board Meeting

Posted By Amber Sewell Dec 11, 2024 11:10 AM
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I will be missing this meeting, but don't have any updates/fun announcements other than I've got all the panelists for the games and TTRPG art panel and am figuring out the right time and date for the event. ------------------------------ Amber Sewell (she/her/hers) Teaching and Learning Librarian ...

RE: December Board Meeting

Posted By Amber Sewell Dec 11, 2024 11:10 AM
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I will be missing this meeting, but don't have any updates/fun announcements other than I've got all the panelists for the games and TTRPG art panel and am figuring out the right time and date for the event. ------------------------------ Amber Sewell (she/her/hers) Teaching and Learning Librarian ...

RE: INFO: GameRT Member Orientation

Posted By Amber Sewell Oct 22, 2024 12:45 PM
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Hello, everyone, Thank you to those who were able to join our orientation! The slides from the orientation are now available; as a note, these are only accurate for this term and will be updated for next year's orientation. ------------------------------ Amber Sewell (she/her/hers) Teaching and ...

INFO: GameRT Member Orientation

Posted By Amber Sewell Sep 30, 2024 01:54 PM
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Hello, everyone! I am pleased to announce that our first GameRT member orientation will be on Wednesday, October 16th at 2pm Central. You can register for the orientation here. This orientation is open to anyone interested in learning more about GameRT, whether you are a new member or have been a member ...

GameRT General Membership Survey re: Orientation

Posted By Amber Sewell Jul 16, 2024 03:00 PM
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Hello, everyone! For those who were not at last week's GameRT Board meeting, my name is Amber Sewell, and I'm the new President-Elect of GameRT. Last week I talked about my interest in creating an orientation for new-ish members of GameRT; we're a large round table with a lot going on, but it can ...

RE: ALA 2024 Booth Staff Volunteers!

Posted By Amber Sewell Jun 04, 2024 12:39 PM
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Reminder: GameRT is recruiting volunteers to staff our booth at ALA Annual! Will you be in San Diego for ALA Annual 2024? 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, ...

ALA 2024 Booth Staff Volunteers!

Posted By Amber Sewell May 15, 2024 03:03 PM
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GameRT is recruiting volunteers to staff our booth at ALA Annual! Will you be in San Diego for ALA Annual 2024? 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 ...

Volunteers Needed: Join the Guild of Mystery!

Posted By Amber Sewell Nov 20, 2023 04:22 PM
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Join the Guild of Mystery! Are you a fan of making puzzles? Do you like shenanigans? Consider joining the Guild of Mystery! We are a clandestine group that creates puzzles of all kinds–ciphers, crosswords, narrative puzzles, whatever your brilliant mind can come up with!--that are then put into one ...

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

Posted By Amber Sewell Oct 18, 2023 11:06 AM
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Thanks, Rebecca! ------------------------------ Amber Sewell Teaching & Learning Librarian University of Nevada, Las Vegas She/Her/Hers ------------------------------

Upcoming Webinar: Developing a Visual Novel for Digital Bibliotherapy

Posted By Amber Sewell Oct 16, 2023 02:07 PM
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Joy Copper will discuss how she designed a visual novel for digital bibliotherapy, a project for which she won a Calvert Award for excellence in undergraduate research (https://www.library.unlv.edu/award). From Joy: "At its core, a visual novel shares similarities with Choose Your Own Adventure books ...

ALA Round Table Queertacular!

Posted By Amber Sewell Oct 16, 2023 01:50 PM
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Watch on Twitch! bit.ly/TwitchGameRT We are back by popular demand for the next installment of the Round Table Spectacular! This time, GameRT, GNCRT, FMRT, and MAGIRT will talk about and celebrate all things LGBTQIA+ and how they relate to libraries. Join us for round table discussions, dramatic comic ...

CFP: The LibParlor Podcast

Posted By Amber Sewell Oct 03, 2022 04:14 PM
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Apologies for any cross-posting! Are you an information professional interested in engaging in an informal, open peer review process for your latest research output before submitting it for publication? Do you value a feminist, care-based approach to forming a research community rooted in genuine ...