Virtual Libraries, Real Librarians. What librarians are doing in Second Life and how Australian...

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Virtual Libraries, Real Librarians

Kathryn GreenhillState Library of Victoria23 July 2007

Who am I ?

Australian Libraries Building

Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life

• What is Second Life ?

• What are librarians doing there?

• Easy ways Australian public librarians can try it out.

• Tour of Australian Libraries Building

Outline

What is Second Life?

A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents

MUVE :

Multi User Virtual Environment

Avatars

Islands

Buildings

Objects

1. Free

2. http://secondlife.com

3. System specifications

4. Family name. First name

5. Download client

Accessing Second Life

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

• >8 million registered

• 33 K online at once

Who is in Second Life ?

• Individuals

• Organizations

• Companies

• Educators

• Australians

Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move

What do you do Second Life ?

Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script

Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and

network• Events

What do librarians do there?

• Reference• Desk is staffed

• Questionpoint software

• Email

Outreach programs– Writers’ talks– Visits from

historical figures– Book discussions

Collections– External links– Web tools accessed within SL– Items especially made for SL – Database trials

• Classes and Seminars– For librarians– For everyone– Using SL tools– Getting your avatar together

My, how it’s grown

• April 2006 Shopfront

• Sept. 2006 2 islands

• February 2007 9 islands

• July 2007 Over 40 islands

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

Sponsorship

Who pays?

Administration

Library services

InfoIsland

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

Healthinfo IslandKathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

EduIslands

Ten ways you can join in

1. Play

2. Attend a class

http://www.lis.uiuc.edu/programs/cpd/Second_Life.html

3. Run a class

http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc

4. Join the Google group and read the blog

Blog: http://infoisland.org

Google group (request invitation): http://groups.google.com/group/alliancesecondlife

5. Take a tour

6. Volunteer on the reference desk

7. Use the Australian Libraries Building

SLURL: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Cybrary%20City/209/61/24/

8. Dance with Librarians

Every second Saturday12noon AEST

TX950 on top of Bell Library, Information Island

Details on the Google group

9. Run a group

http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/04/30/ten-very-good-reasons-why-your-librarians-should-be-in-second-life/

10. Create your own branch

http://librariansmatter.com/blog/2007/05/01/six-very-bad-reasons-to-have-a-library-branch-in-second-life/

Let’s play…..

Contact me.

Kathryn Greenhill

• Second life name: Emerald Dumont

• http://librariansmatter.com

• k.greenhill@murdoch.edu.au

EXTRA SLIDES

Backup tour of Australian Libraries Building

- in case of technical problems

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