Libraries & Librarians in Second Life Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. April 10, 2007.

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Libraries & Librarians in Second Life Jill Hurst-Wahl Hurst Associates, Ltd. April 10, 2007

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Agenda What is SL & what’s in it? Why use SL? What are librarians doing in SL? Getting Involved

SecondLife.com

What is in SL?

Photo by “Abbey Zenith”

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Photo by “HVX Silverstar”

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Colleges/Universities Include More than 200 universities & learning- focused organizations** –Arcada Univ. of Technology (Finland) –Australian Film TV and Radio School –Finger Lakes Community College –Harvard Business School –Institut Ingemedia (France) –New York University –San Jose State University –SUNY Empire State College

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Second Life Library – Main Library

Sci-Fi & Fantasy Portal

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Libraries Include Alliance Library System Kansas State Library Michigan Library Stanford Science & Engineering Libraries Topeka & Shawnee Cty Public Library UI at Chicago Lib. of the Health Sciences Institutions on Cybrary City I & II

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Companies Include Adidas Reebok BBC Radio 1 Dell IBM Reuters SirsiDynix Talis Toyota …more…

More than 5 million have registered to use SL

Photo by “Abbey Zenith”

Why use SL?

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Low Cost Prototyping New Products Collaboration Education & Training Marketing & Advocacy

What are librarians doing in SL?

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Networking Collaborating Re-thinking space Supporting other SL efforts Supporting virtual communities Learning to use virtual space for education

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Promoting & showcasing resources or services Discussing the use of role-playing Creating new tools Prototyping Positioning themselves for the future

At Info Island Welcome Area

Available at Welcome Area

Inside Main Library

Getting Involved

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Sign-up for a free account Get through Orientation Island & onto the mainland (Help Island) Spend time in world & master the basics of SL Attend a few in world functions Talk to other residents Get to work / volunteer!

Hurst Associates, Ltd. Jill Hurst-Wahl “Jillianna Suisei” AIM: jillNYS