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Presentation by Kathryn Greenhill at the State Library of Victoria, 23 July 2007. Outlines "What is Second Life?", "What are libraries doing there?" and "How can Australian libraries join in?".TRANSCRIPT
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Virtual Libraries, Real Librarians
Kathryn GreenhillState Library of Victoria23 July 2007
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Who am I ?
Australian Libraries Building
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Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life
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• What is Second Life ?
• What are librarians doing there?
• Easy ways Australian public librarians can try it out.
• Tour of Australian Libraries Building
Outline
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What is Second Life?
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A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents
MUVE :
Multi User Virtual Environment
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Avatars
Islands
Buildings
Objects
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1. Free
2. http://secondlife.com
3. System specifications
4. Family name. First name
5. Download client
Accessing Second Life
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YES• Graphic, user controlled interface• Avatars• Inventory• Interact with environment• Interact with others
Isn’t it just a game ?
NO• No rules• No points• No strategy• No win/lose• No start and end
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• >8 million registered
• 33 K online at once
Who is in Second Life ?
• Individuals
• Organizations
• Companies
• Educators
• Australians
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Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move
What do you do Second Life ?
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Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script
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Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and
network• Events
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What do librarians do there?
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• Reference• Desk is staffed
• Questionpoint software
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Outreach programs– Writers’ talks– Visits from
historical figures– Book discussions
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Collections– External links– Web tools accessed within SL– Items especially made for SL – Database trials
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• Classes and Seminars– For librarians– For everyone– Using SL tools– Getting your avatar together
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My, how it’s grown
• April 2006 Shopfront
• Sept. 2006 2 islands
• February 2007 9 islands
• July 2007 Over 40 islands
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About islands
Non-profit /education: US$837Monthly maintenance: US$147
This is half the regular price.
65,536 square metres (16 acres)
One island per server
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Sponsorship
Who pays?
Administration
Library services
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InfoIsland
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Example: Teen grid
• 13 – 18 years
• UNESCO projects
Eye4You Alliance Teen gridKathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com
Imagination Island
…a magical place with displays, environments, and experiments relating to children’s literature
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Healthinfo IslandKathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com
EduIslands
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Ten ways you can join in
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1. Play
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2. Attend a class
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http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/Second_Life.html
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3. Run a class
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http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc
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4. Join the Google group and read the blog
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Blog: http://infoisland.org
Google group (request invitation): http://groups.google.com/group/alliancesecondlife
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5. Take a tour
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6. Volunteer on the reference desk
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7. Use the Australian Libraries Building
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SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/209/61/24/
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8. Dance with Librarians
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Every second Saturday12noon AEST
TX950 on top of Bell Library, Information Island
Details on the Google group
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9. Run a group
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http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/04/30/ten-very-good-reasons-why-your-librarians-should-be-in-second-life/
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10. Create your own branch
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http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/01/six-very-bad-reasons-to-have-a-library-branch-in-second-life/
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Let’s play…..
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Contact me.
Kathryn Greenhill
• Second life name: Emerald Dumont
• http://librariansmatter.com
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EXTRA SLIDES
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Backup tour of Australian Libraries Building
- in case of technical problems
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