second life & libraries

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Central Medical Library, UMCG, www.rug.nl/umcg/bibliotheek1

Second Life & Libraries

Presentation & workshop • Norwegian Knowledge Centre for the Health Services,

Olso, January 15th 2007

• NTNU Library (UBiT)

Trondheim, January 17th & 18th 2007

Guus van den Brekel

Blog: Digicmb.blogspot.com

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And now for something completely different …

The ultimate chase for the user …

Extreme example of libraries following the users everywhere!

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Building a Library in a Virtual “environment”

Ok, but what are they doing in a

MASSIVE

MULTI-USER

ONLINE

ROLEPLAYING GAME?

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Massive MultiUser Online (Role Playing) Games

MMOG / MMORPGand

Libraries, Universities, Companies, Business, Hospitals, Newsagents

Bookstores, Clothing, Gambling

Porn“IF IT’S IN RL IT’S IN SL”

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By definition…

• Quoted from the wikipedia:A Massively Multiplayer Online

Game (MMOG or MMO) is a type of computer game that

enables hundreds or thousands of players to simultaneously

interact in a game world that they are connected to via the

Internet. Typically this kind of game is played in an online,

multiplayer-only persistent world.

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Second Life : some figures

250.00 Residents in March 2006!

And now ..

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http://www.mmogchart.com/

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Communication in Second Life

• Text-chat, IM, Group messages

• Notecards exchange, special servers for notecards updating, central

databases

• Scripting/programming interaction, HUD’s, Activating by touch

• “body communication”: avatars distance, gestures, clothing,

animations

• Inworld displays: video, ppt, anything

• Audio: Google talk, Skype, Teamspeak, Ventrilo

• Near future-> Proximity based chat: integration of Vivox with SL

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Examples in Second Life

• New Media Consortium CAMPUS http://www.nmc.org/sl

• Reuters http://secondlife.reuters.com/

• Amazon

• IBM

Business Communicators in Second Life

http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/

Second Life Media List

http://www.nmc.org/sl

http://secondlife.reuters.com/

http://freshtakes.typepad.com/sl_communicators/

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Second Life is …

• “micro-world”

• More than a game, they meet other gamers,

• Interact, Compete, Collaborate, Learn from and

talk to

• Teaching&learning; social learning

• Distance learning, virtual communities

• Go anywhere, do anything

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Support Groups in Second Life

Alcoholics Anonymous

Anxiety Support area - Catherine House

Autistic

Autistic Liberation Front

BiPolar Support

Brain Talk Communities

Breast Cancer Awareness

Brigadoon Explorers

CF University (cystic fibrosis)

Depresson Support

Diabetes Type 1 Community

Diabetics

DID Support and Information (dissociative

disorders)

Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault Support

Group

Dream Travellers

Fit n Fab Support Group

Live2Give (cerebral palsy)

The Leukemia & Lymphoma Society

Make-A-Wish

Self Injury Support

SL’s Cancer Survivors

Special Education Exchange

The Center for Positive Mental Health

The Haven (meeting area for support groups)

Women’s Support Group

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And ..• Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

• National Institue of Health (NIH)

• CALENDON MEDICAL GROUP:

A group for the various physicians and health care workers of Caledon. also

include medical researchers.

• SECOND LIFE MEDICAL ASSOCIATION

An association for physicians and medics throughout all the cultures of Second

Life

• SUGAR MEDICAL CLINIC: Maternity, Pediatric

• Fighting for Health

• Sl Behaviour Healthcare

• Real Mental Health

• Public Health games

• Positive Mental Health

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Libraries & Second Life?

• Second Life Library 2.0 / Info

Island Library/Info Island

ALS

• Second Life Teens Library

‘Eye4You Alliance’

• Second Life Medical Library 2.0

• Consumer Health Information

Library

• Talis Cybrary City - IBM Library

• Library Gallery

• Michigan Library Costoriumm

• MPA - Edera's Word University

• ALF Autism Museum and Library

• NaNo Nuts Future Library Site

• ICT Library

NEW! ALA Washington office now

in Second Life

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Alliance Library System & Second Life

• http://Infoisland.org

• http://seriousgamessource.com/features/

feature_063006_second_life_library.php

http://infoisland.org/

http://infoisland.org/

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Second Life Medical Library : an adventure

• From 1 floor to complete Island

• HealthInfo Island

• Consumer Health Information Library (Grant)

• Medical, clinical & Research Library

• SL Health & Wellness Center

• Starting Cooperation with : NIH and CDC!

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Platform for future healthcare training applications

• Play2Train http://irhbt.typepad.com/play2train/

• Massive grant 1.6 Mj $

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Let’s go inside Second Life!

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Second Life Library 2.0 : more info

• http://www.alliancelibraries.info/presentation/fullscreen.htm

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The Second Life Medical Library 2.0

The chase for the Users ……

Into The User Environment : no limits

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HealthInfo Island

• http://infoisland.org/health_info/

• Use our Toolbar to follow us and search for Consumer

health Information in RL!

• http://healthinfoisland.ourtoolbar.com/