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Transcript of Virtual Worlds Demand Innovative Roles and Skills from Medical Librarians
Virtual Worlds Demand Innovative Roles and Skills from Medical
Librarians Patricia F. Anderson1, Emerging Technologies Librarian, <[email protected]>;
Jane Blumenthal1, Director; Carol Perryman2, PhD; Gillian Mayman1, Informatics Librarian; Anne Perorazio1, Infopoint;
1Health Sciences Libraries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA2School of Library and Information Studies, Texas Woman's University, Denton,
Texas, United States
Background: What is Second Life?• What is SecondLife?• Buzzwords
– Virtual World– MUVE (Multi-User Virtual Environment)– Metaverse
• NOTE: Not a game, although may include game activities
• Major relevant activities– Education (“killer app”)– Social networks --> support groups– Professional meetings, presentations, seminar
series, discussion groups, etcetera– Providing information resources and references
consultations
Background: Why are we in Second Life?
• Vision– Ted Hanss, UM Medical School– Jane Blumenthal, UM Health
Sciences Libraries
• Timeline– March 2007 - purchase– Spring & Summer - planning – August 2007 - building– September 2007 - Wolverine
Island opens to select group of faculty and students
Phase One: Engagement• Context: Wolverine Island “a gleam in the eye” • Library develops team with Second Life (SL)
responsibilities– 1. Build SL skills– 2. Discover relevant SL locations & resources
• Libraries • Health & healthcare• Science • Education
– 3. Make connections in SL with possible mentors/partners– 4. Facilitate discovery and connection for our faculty and
University community.
SL: Libraries
SL: Health & healthcare
SL: Science
SLHealthy
• http://slhealthy.wetpaint.com/
Phase Two: Outreach
• Context: Wolverine Island in active development, portions open to restricted group, not open to campus community
• Library team members collaborate with health science schools – To promote Second Life opportunities– To inform interested faculty about SL– To disseminate Second Life skill base– To develop a campus cohort with skills & interest
• Initial outreach and collaboration focused on Medical School and School of Dentistry
Phase Two: Presentations
• What’s a Nice Library Like Yours Doing in a Place like This?: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/whats-a-nice-library-20070731
Phase Two: Podcasts
• Why Work & Teach With Second Life: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/why-work-teach-with-second-life
Phase Two: Orientations
• Getting Started in Second Life: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/getting-started-in-second-life
Phase Two: Really the Real World
• Face-to-face• Consultations
– Private– On-demand– In offices– In Second Life
• Classes– Single sessions for faculty & staff– Student cohort class taught as four session
elective in Medical School
Phase Two: Video / Machinima
• Science Learning Opportunities in Second Life: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfsSGBraUhc
Phase Three: Interdisciplinary Learning Communities
• Context: Wolverine Island open to campus community, alumni, and invited guests– Wolverine Island highly secured, so access
must be requested even for authorized visitors
• Focus on community building & engagement
• Phase Two activities continue• Phase Three activities add to activity mix.
Phase 3: Dec 07 - Open
• Wolverine Island open for community events
Phase 3: Dec 07 - Brownbags Begin
• Every Friday at noon local time, 9am SLT
Phase 3: Events - Speakers• JJ Drinkwater - SL
Community Building
• Joop Zuhal - SL Teaching, Pros & Cons
• Jenny Levine @ ALA
• Caia Alter - Pharmacy Research Labs
Phase 3: Events - Tours• Dante Project • InfoIsland International• Nursing Education Simulator (NESIM)• Play2Train
Phase 3: Classes & Professional Presentations
• Basic Clothing Design Class: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/basic-clothing-design-in-second-life
• Enriching Scholarship 2008• S’Lang Health event: http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/sl-healthy-slang• Virtual Worlds, Libraries, Education, Museums:
http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/whatcha-gonna-do-an-academic-health-sciences-library-in-second-life-embraces-new-roles-298438/
Phase 3: Opening the Library
• Ground Level: Freebies, Food Court• Main Level: Service Desk, Guides, Casual
Seating, Fireplace, Games• Mezzanine: Exhibits• Top Level:Small Group Study Space with
Public Slide Viewers / Social Space, Dance Floor
Phase 3: Outworld
• Community building with other social technology & media tools
– Flickr– Blogs– Wiki– Google Calendar
Phase 3: More Machinima
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/about/videos.html
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wDl5suE2Uo
Phase 3: More Presentations
• http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/about/videos.html
Phase 4: Connect RL to SL
• Core library functions – how do these translate into virtual worlds?
• Collaborations with our academic environment
• Grand Opening events and activities — “Wolverine Island Kickoff”
Real Life Patrons (est.)
Second Life Patrons (est.)
HSL - What do we do?
• Pics of circulation, reference desk, stacks, new journals, and patrons at computers
HSL - What do we do?
RL SL
Circulation X
Collections X
Document Delivery X
Reference desk hours X
Reserves X
SL - Why not?
• Other libraries offer reference and reading collections in SL
• Not enough trained staff• Not enough demand
HSL - What else do we do?
RL SL
Instruction X X
Liaison services X X
Resource guides X X
Troubleshooting X X
Instruction in RL
Instruction in SL
SL guides & handouts
SL Troubleshooting
• Installation, updates, permissions• Local tech support• Highly secure tech
environments• Teleporting requires
network access to adjacent “pipes”
• Voice/video/versions• Videocards• Who ya gonna call?
HSL - What else do we do?
RL SL
Community space X X
Events & speakers X X
Exhibits X X
Research & grants X ?
Small group working spaces
X X
Events
• Pics from events for the SLUM Brown Bag series - Demo of Play2Train space; self-guided tour of Genome Island; putting on school colors for a winter tour of Wolverine Island, a gaming event, invited speaker JJ Drinkwater
Exhibits
HSL - What else do we do?
RL SL
Library tours X X
World tours X
Tools – Information X X
Tools – Building, coding X
Vendors & ‘sales’ X
Tours
Tools
Vendors
HSL - What else do we do?
RL SL
Free clothes, hair, skin, and a food court, too!
X
Game days X
Maize & Blue (“Spirit”) Shop
X
Parties & Dance floor X
Patient support group X
Other
• Food court and patient support group
Who we are
• Volunteers from the HSL staff– Liaisons– Infopoint
(Reference)– More than
shown here
Our Library
Ground Level
• Casual seating (“Mysti” tables)• Food court• Freebie vendors• Maize & Blue “Spirit” Shop• SL tools & utilities
vendors
Main Floor
• Welcome signs and library desk• Fireplace & chess table• Comfortable seating• Tutorials• Staff SL
presentation archive
Mezzanine
• Exhibits and displays
Roof
• Small group work space• Open whiteboards• Dancefloor• Event space
Example skills used• Editing furniture & scripts• Making freebie givers• Event planning and coordination• Recruiting speakers• Mixing sit poses for seating areas• Graphic design• Setting up vendors• Doing slide presentations • Clothing design• Orientation Island, again & again
Campus Communities in Collaboration
• Health programs– Medical School (SL/RL)– School of Dentistry (SL/RL)– Department of Kinesiology (SL/RL)– School of Public Health (SL/RL)– College of Pharmacy (SL/RL)– School of Nursing (RL)
• Non-health programs– Computer Sciences– Dearborn Campus– Distance Learning– Literature, Sciences & Arts (Foreign Languages, Writing)– Libraries– School of Information– Unspecified
Wolverine Island Kickoff
• Flyer
Wolverine Kickoff
• Ted Hanss• Gus Rosania• Sharon Murphy• Sheri Jaffurs
Off-Campus Communities & Collaborations
• Healthcare Education• Ohio State University• Pathfinder Linden
• Healthinfo Island, part of the Alliance Library System based in Illinois
• Carolina Keats
• Virtual Abilities Inc, a SL community of persons with special needs
• Abilities Commons• Gentle Heron
• Organizing for America• Siri Vita
Rewards
• Collegial activities with other campuses and institutions (Ann Arbor + Dearborn)
• Awareness & visibility• Learning & engagement• Collaboration & sharing • Costs ($$) borne by others (mostly)• Identified as community leaders• Second Life is its own reward
Lessons learned 1
• The power of the freebie• The essential goodness of human nature
– (but one bad apple can spoil a lot of people’s day)• There is no limit to imagination
– (but there is to time and ability)• Presence first, then space• The importance of being flexible and responsive
– Ask what is most needed – Don’t make plans before you build skills– When you do make plans, make backup plans
Lessons learned 2
• “No man is an island” – especially in SL!– Team building– Team playing– Neighbors– Friends– Colleagues– Community– Strangers
Whatcha gonna do?
• Strip to your underwear to teach a class• Do Tai Chi on the roof • Make a dance floor
from pics of human cells• Become a skeleton,
then a “muscle” man• Who knows?
When all else fails … dance
Contact Information
• Patricia F. Anderson, [email protected], Perplexity Peccable
• Jane Blumenthal, [email protected], Wrenaissance Jewell
Health Sciences Libraries Resources
• Web: http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/• Slides:
http://www.slideshare.net/umhealthscienceslibraries/slideshows/
• Blog: – http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/hsl/– http://healthscienceandlibraries.info
Wolverine Island Resources
• Blog: http://mblog.lib.umich.edu/slum/ • Pics: http://flickr.com/groups/slum/• Wiki: http://slum.wetpaint.com/• NOTE: Wolverine Island is not currently
open to the public.
Presentation Resources
• These slides are available at:– http://www.slideshare.net/
umhealthscienceslibraries/
• Video: – http://www.lib.umich.edu/hsl/about/
videos.html