Thursday, October 30, 2008
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery & collective creativity in Second Life®
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Life ®
From: hvxsilverstar, 1 day ago
http://www.bridgingworlds.sg/index.html
Accompanying video on blip.tv (best quality) and also on YouTube:
I am Library: an ode to self-discovery and collective creativity in Second Life®
Video (machinima):
Watch the video on Blip.tv at: http://libraryfamous.blip.tv/#1387219
or on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cM5ze9M3AJ4
(be sure to watch the High Quality version – see the link at the bottom of the YouTube video window on the lower right side)
The paper and accompanying presentation were given at the Bridging Worlds Conference in Singapore, Oct 16-17, 2008, exploring the library experience in Second Life. The video takes us on a visual journey through the virtual environment; meeting some of the librarians and educators, collaborators and partners. It introduces virtual worlds and their increasing significance to the library and educational communities, show-casing the work of the Alliance Virtual Library (AVL) founded and coordinated by the Alliance Library System of Peoria, Illinois, USA. Over the last 2.5 years, AVL has explored what it would be like to provide library services in virtual worlds, beginning with one librarian on a parcel of virtual land to a footprint that now comprises 50 islands, the virtual equivalent of 1.26 square miles, the size of Angel Island, standing proud and strong in the San Francisco Bay.
What are some of the issues and ongoing challenges facing libraries as they consider the creation of a virtual presence? What does a library “feel like” in a virtual world? (see accompanying video) How are libraries integrating Second Life with social networking sites such as FaceBook, Twitter, Delicious, YouTube, blogs and their existing web sites? Join us for this virtual world exploration and new media demonstration, I am Library.
SlideShare Link
SIA famous Kebaya and Sarong
Singapore Airlines' famous Kebaya and Sarong uniforms by Pierre Balmain.
Bridge my world! 15 hours to Singapore backwards and forwards
Bridging Worlds 2008 in Singapore was hosted by the National Library Board at the Intercontinental Hotel and the National Library in the centre of bustling Singapore. Inspiration was the "take-home" for me... from Jenny Levine's enlightening analysis of the history of libraries placing us now firmly in the 8th age... layering Web 2.0 with practical and creative personalized uses in libraries and educational institutions. Brian Kelly kept up the practical side, both in his questions to the panels and in his presentation addressing risk management of web 2.0 tools.
How big is the Alliance Virtual Library in Second Life® ?
How big is the Alliance Virtual Library in Second Life?
V-e-e-e-e-r-y big and very cool!
Alliance Virtual Library: 50 Islands – virtual equivalent of 1.26 square miles (within the 380 square miles of Second Life, almost 3 times the size of Singapore).
The Second Life Library opened in April 2006 on a 4,000 square meter patch of leased land. By May 2006 they received an anonymous donation of an island (65,536 square meters). The Second Life Library is a collaborative project led by the Alliance Library System (ALS), based in Peoria, Illinois, USA and is led by Executive Director Kitty Pope with Innovation Librarian, Lori Bell. ALS coordinates the activities for the Alliance Virtual Library and the efforts of many library volunteers from around the world. The daily operations in SL are overseen by Rhonda Trueman (Abbey Zenith in SL). In 2007, the Second Life Library was the winner of the ALA Information Today’s Library of the Future and one of six Sirsi-Dynix Building Better Community awards. The Alliance Virtual Library recently had to move its land mass to a new area in the grid to allow room for growth.
The momentum continues. Alliance Virtual Library (core library islands and partner islands) has grown to a land mass of 50 islands. So the Alliance Virtual Library community now has a footprint of 1.26 square miles! (810 acres or 1.26 square miles or 3.28 square km). One of the Cybrary Islands alone is home to over 40 independent libraries /organizations from around the world. Further numbers include the 1500 Friends of the Library in the “in world” group, 755+ declared Librarians on the google group:
http://groups.google.com/group/alliancesecondlife and 800+ in the many “in world” groups in Second Life.
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Real Avatars: where the worlds are synthetic and the avatars are real
You know the place... it's a world you frequent and on a drop down list at Avatars United. http://www.avatarsunited.com
Join the Real Avatars group...
Something to add to our profile white space... hahaha
as long as you are a real avatar doing real work in a real environment and really enjoying it! Yea, avatar spirit and exclamation marks
"synthetic" taken from 'Exodus to the Virtual World: how online fun is changing reality' by the very cool Edward Castronova, author of 'Synthetic Worlds: The Business and Culture of Online Games'....
should be in libraries everywhere
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