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?
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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
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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