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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?".

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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

• Email

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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

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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

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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

[email protected]

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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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