Librarians report – Page 2 – ALA Games and Gaming Round Table

Librarians Report: Co-Op Board Games as Team Builders

September 6, 2016 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

Here at the Ocean County Library on the east coast of New Jersey, we hold an annual Staff Development Day. This day involves seminars and

Librarians Report: Big Program, Small Budget

August 16, 2016 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

Passion, dedication, and persistence are three characteristics anyone who plans library programming possesses. To produce a program with little to no budget, one needs those

Librarians Report: IGD Notes from a Small Island

July 13, 2016 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

Hello from sunny Bournemouth; where Bill Bryson cut his teeth as a journalist, Robert Louis Stevenson wrote The Strange Case Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde,

Librarians report: Unplugged Entertainment

May 31, 2016 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

When the 2015 International Games Day was announced, I was a new Children’s Librarian, at the Bel Air Branch of the Harford County Public Library,

Librarians report: Games making change in the library

September 1, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

Thursday afternoons in our library are loud. Our after school gaming group meets on Thursdays to play Dungeons and Dragons, board games, and Minecraft on

Librarians report: Morality and games, and the morality of games

August 17, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

One aspect of playing games is that we can do things in games that we cannot—for a variety of reasons—do in real life. We become

Librarians report: IGD Collaboration is a Win-Win!

August 10, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

I think librarians can all agree that consulting an expert on a subject is a good way to gather information about an unfamiliar topic. Keeping

Librarians report: Promote tabletop gaming and gamers can help you grow a library group

July 27, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

Gamers are everywhere, but surprisingly the biggest complaint we have is “I can’t find someone to game with me”. My poor wife has heard that

Librarians report: IGD at Pope County Library

July 23, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

2015 will be our 3rd year participating in International Games Day. This event is for all ages and all types of games and gamers. Monopoly, Steve

Librarians report: Libraries are for Gamers (and Everyone Else)

July 15, 2015 Diane Initiatives, International Games Week

For libraries, International Games Day is the perfect time to reel in gamers of all ages and highlight our resources for these underserved patrons. Whether