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When Off-campus Means Virtual Campus: the Academic Library in Second Life
Lynette RalphBeth Stahr
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityOff-Campus Library Services Conference ~ April 28, 2010
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Second Life
Susan Acampora’s Libraries and Second Life presentation
Susan Acampora’s presentation on YouTube
YouTube Search: gallateasu
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Background of Sims Library in RL
Southeastern Louisiana University~ 15,000 students53 baccalaureate, 19
graduate, and 1 doctoral program
3 branch campuses
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BOR Regents IslandsStarted with a grant to examine the value of 3-D web platforms such as Second Life to higher education in Louisiana. Project participants included:
University of New Orleans Southeastern Louisiana UniversityTulane UniversitySouthern University of New OrleansDelgado Community CollegeUniversity of Louisiana at MonroeLoyola University (New Orleans)Louisiana Regents
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Bird’s Eye View of BOR Islands and Property in SL
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Southeastern’s SL CampusSix Buildings:
Welcome CenterStudent Life CenterArt CenterCollege of Nursing & Health SciencesClassroom 2 –English DepartmentCenter for Faculty Excellence/Library
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Sims Library Design in SL
• Goal – Make inviting • Developed with assistance from visual arts • Input from Emerging Technology Committee• Other librarians participated• Support from Library Administration
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Advisory Committee Meeting in World
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Official Ribbon Cutting CeremonySeptember 26, 2008
Grand Opening of the Library
Ribbon Cutting and Walking Tour
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Staffing the Library• 10 out of 18 librarians
have avatars
• Special occasions only– Grand Opening
Ceremony– Health Information Fair– National Library Week– Bibliographic Instruction
by request
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Library Instruction in SL
• Health Fair for Nursing students• Webcasts for English students• BIs for doctoral students• BIs for Educational Technology students
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SL Viewer 2.0 Enhancements for Instruction
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Librarianship in SL
Beth Tungsten and Rolig Loon (Reference Librarian) at Community Virtual Library (Info Island)
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SL Library Communities
Ning: Second Life LibrariansBlogs: Community Virtual Library
Virtual Presence Blog (ALA)Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries (Lori Bell & Rhonda Trueman)
Facebook Groups: Second Life for EducatorsSecond Life Groups: Librarians of Second Life
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Mighty Lynagh Attending a Conference in World
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• Free• In SL• Multi-lingual
http://www.vwbpe.org/
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Issues, Challenges & Concerns in SL
• Hardware• Learning Curve• Development• The unexpected– Disappearing clothes– Appearance Changes– Inability to speak
Where are my clothes ???
One shoe ???
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The Future
Possibilities for higher ed
• SLOODLE
• Open Cobalt
• Open Simulator (Open Sim)– Education Grid (iED)– Immersive Education Initiative