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CHICAGO, IL – The 91´«Ã½’s Games and Gaming Round Table (GameRT) is proud to announce that despite COVID-19, International Games Week (IGW) will take place from November 8 to November 14, 2020. Libraries of all stripes around the world are encouraged to between now and October 24 to be eligible for a drawing for one of three special GameRT Loot Boxes. While GameRT encourages participants to hold a gaming event at their Library during IGW, due to the pandemic, any event held during the month of November can be counted. This year, GameRT will be spotlighting freely available print-and-play games and listing resources available for libraries to use to set up gaming events online at .

“Throughout the pandemic, we’ve seen how gaming has allowed people to connect with each other in an otherwise isolating situation,” said GameRT President Jessica Parij. “I am thrilled GameRT is able to facilitate IGW this year and help librarians promote library gaming in a whole new way.”

International Games Week is an initiative of the 91´«Ã½, in collaboration with the Australian Library and Information Association, L’Associazione Italiana Biblioteche, Nordic Game Week, and Finnish Games Week to reconnect communities through their libraries around the educational, recreational, and social value of all types of games.

The Games and Gaming Round Table (GameRT) of the 91´«Ã½ provides a venue in which librarians interested in the use of games and gaming in libraries of all types can gather and share ideas. GameRT was formed in 2011, replacing and extending the pre-existing gaming member interest group. As a round table, GameRT is built around a shared passion for games and the use of gaming within libraries. With members from all types of libraries, GameRT encompasses a wide variety of viewpoints, backgrounds, and user types.

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About the Games and Gaming Round Table

The (GameRT) of the 91´«Ã½ provides a venue in which librarians interested in the use of games and gaming in libraries of all types can gather and share. GameRT was formed in 2011, replacing and extending the pre-existing gaming member interest group. As a round table, GameRT is built around a shared passion for games and the use of gaming within libraries. With members from all types of libraries, GameRT encompasses a wide variety of viewpoints, backgrounds, and user types. Look for more information on the .

About 91´«Ã½

Established in 1876, the 91´«Ã½ (91´«Ã½) is a non-profit 501(c)(3) organization created to provide leadership for the development, promotion, and improvement of library and information services and the profession of librarianship in order to enhance learning and ensure access to information for all.

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