Virtual World Librarians

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Comment by Valerie Hawkins on February 24, 2009 at 3:10pm

The Second Life presence of the American Library Association, ALA Island, now has the ALA Island Facebook Fan Page to help announce events and bring attention to virtual library activities overall.

Comment by Sally Schmidt on January 22, 2009 at 10:09am

On KidsCom.com we have a program for youth librarians called "Green Spots." We provide bookmarks with codes that can be redeemed for 1000 Virtual Points (our online currency) that librarians can use as rewards. We post the library on our Green Spot listing. And we have bi-monthly off-line missions that send kids to libraries in real life to find information and bring it back to the virtual world.

If anyone is interested in finding out more about the program, please contact me. Or if you have suggestions on what would make it a better program for librarians, please let me know!

Comment by Dawn Hawley on July 15, 2008 at 11:58am

I work at a small technical college library. I am exploring new ways to connect with our patrons, use technology innovatively, and provide virtual services.

Comment by Bonswa Boucher on July 8, 2008 at 3:57pm

I work for the College Center for Library Automation in Florida as a Web Designer. We have had a presence in SL for about 18 months and provide access to research materials and the library catalog from within SL. Let me know if I can help anyone, or if you have ideas for us!

Comment by Scully Bookmite on July 8, 2008 at 7:32am

My university has a grant to buy an island and I want the library to be there from the start. I've just managed to convince my university librarian to buy into some SL training for me.

Comment by Alison Williams on July 8, 2008 at 7:19am

I'm working on a project to do with information literacy in SL, but nothing to show as yet. Hoping to have something there by September.

Comment by Mark Hawkes on June 2, 2008 at 2:00pm

I'm looking for examples of virtual environments that promote/support literacy, emphasis on reading and writing. Can anyone point me towards some?

Thanks!

Comment by P. Charles Livermore on May 29, 2008 at 8:51am

I'm a new member of this group. I'm currently working with one facuty member on his island and have created tutorials based on one of his assignments. I hope to do the same for other faculty in this coming year.

Would be excited to hear from others doing the same or similar things.

Comment by Lana Kamennof-Sine on May 13, 2008 at 12:47pm

Pam, that's great! Is the teaching you do in SL a "regularly scheduled" class or more a drop in type? Are you finding it vastly different from the process in other venues?

Comment by Pam on May 11, 2008 at 4:14pm

I have a grant to do information literacy teaching in SL and explore the potential.

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