Outreach & Engagement Librarian
North Central College - Oesterle Library
Rebecca Strang is the Outreach & Engagement Librarian at North Central College - Oesterle Library (Naperville, IL) where she teaches library/information literacy and runs student engagement events. Previously, she was a children's librarian at a public library where she started a board game collection and ran kids' gaming events (a video game club, family board game night, kids TTRPG club, and Pokémon Club). They also taught a semester of Game Studies at Loyola University Chicago. She has been a member of ALA Games & Gaming Round Table since 2016.
ALA Games & Gaming Round Table Board of Director and Committee Chair terms:
2019 – 2021 Director Member-at-Large, Program Planning Committee Chair
2021 – 2022 President-Elect, Program Planning Committee Chair
2022 – 2023 President, Game On! Grant Committee Chair, Program Planning Committee Co-Chair
2023 – 2024 Past President, Strategic Planning Committee Chair
2024 – 2025 Director Member-at-Large, Program Planning Committee Co-Chair, Game On! Grant Committee Chair
2025 – 2026 Program Planning Committee Co-Chair, Game On! Grant Committee Chair
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GameRT Mage's Program: Creativity, Community, and Connection: Why We Can’t Shut Up about Game Jams
Saturday, June 27, 2026
2:30 PM - 3:30 PM CDT
For Every Player Their Game: Winning Strategies for Recommending Games
Monday, June 29, 2026
9:00 AM - 10:00 AM CDT