Great party
I had a great time at the party last night. Although not many of us were there (we missed you snail and Ivan) I daresay those of us who were there enjoyed ourselves. Lorelei Junot, Abbey Zenith, Rocky Vallejo, Cindy Elkhart, JJ Drinkwater and Fleet Goldenberg, all US-based, stayed up to show us around and treated us to visits to the State Library of Kansas building (right next to the Australian Libraries building and linked by a yellow brick road!), the Info Island Conference Centre, and the Caledon Library.
I was touched by the hospitality of the Kansas librarians, who made a welcome banner for us, as well as all sorts of Australiana to add to the atmosphere. (Click on the picture for more information.)
It was great to catch up with Hypatia Arcadia, Fiona Bradley and Curious Forager - and lovely to meet all the US folks.
Brainstorming with Lorelei Junot and thinking of ways to make Info Island more welcoming was interesting and gave me a bit to think about (how do we make Second Life more inviting for newbies?). And I particularly enjoyed visiting the Caledon Library with the Caledon Librarian, JJ Drinkwater.
We amused ourselves playing with the Library 2.0 Ideas Generator Monolith. Some of my favourites from the evening:
- Empower Libraryland
- Glance sideways at the Library 2.0 bandwagon and embed it into your OPAC
- Leverage the awesome power of the biblioblogosphere
- Engage Michael Stephens and reach Library 2.0 nirvana overnight
And the dancing afterwards - excellent fun!
More pictures at Flickr.
Mucho apologies. Real life intruded upon my second life existence…well ok, that and I suspect I’ve used up my monthly download limit (due to be reset in a couple of days).
Comment by snail | December 14, 2006
Ivan did turn up..but about 4 hours after we’d left. He did try to IM me….and said he’d like to join in NEXT time.
NEXT time? What a good idea……:)
Comment by Kathryn Greenhill | December 14, 2006
So sorry I had to miss the party!! I had to attend a conference event, and the whole time kept dreaming of the opportunity I was missing. Hope to catch those wonderful Kansas librarians some time in the future. Cheers
Comment by Judy O'Connell | December 14, 2006
Sorry I missed it too. Another party sounds like a great idea!
Comment by Michelle McLean | December 14, 2006
As someone told me when I first ventured into SL, the issue is still with the Time Zone differences. The NEXT time needn’t be a party. Maybe we (as in Australia and Singapore) can organise a SL Librarians Meetup (open to non-librarians too). The main challenge is agreeing on a time, but I’m sure we can work that out. We can discuss this over email.
Comment by Ivan Chew | December 24, 2006
I like that idea Ivan. I’d like to set up a regular open house where we get together at the Aussie Library at the same time/day an just hang out. I can place a notecard at the door with the dates/time.
Comment by Kathryn Greenhill | December 24, 2006
[...] Ivan’s comment on CW’s post has prodded me into suggesting a time for another meetup. [...]
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