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ALA TechSource | Making the MUVE

Tom Peters writes about library architecture in Second Life. It seems we humans can’t quite leave our First Life comforts completely behind when we first venture into virtual worlds. Why do we even need buildings in SL he asks…

Read the full article.

March 23rd, 2007 Posted by Peta Hopkins | Uncategorized | no comments

Now where was I? What time was the program on?

Last night around 7pm in Western Australia I was:

  • in Second Life
  • on ABC Island
  • watching a streamed broadcast of an ABC Four Corners program about Second Life, YouOnly Live Twice
  • waiting one and a half hours for the program to be broadcast on my tele
  • sitting next to some people who were watching the program being broadcast on their tele.
  • rather confused about where I was, what time it was, where the Four Corners program was, and when it was being broadcast.
  • feeling thrilled to be part of an experiment and wondering where it will all lead.

March 20th, 2007 Posted by Kathryn Greenhill | Uncategorized | no comments

Four Corners of the second world

It seems that Four Corners (ABC Monday 19th March 8.30pm) will be looking at Second Life. I saw it advertised on telly last night, but can’t find any information on the website.

March 15th, 2007 Posted by Peta Hopkins | Uncategorized | no comments

Library 3.0 presentations on Info Island

Usually I don’t repost information that you can already find on the Second Life Libraries google group or Infoisland.com, but this one looked like a lot of fun. The time translates to 11am Friday March 16th for Perth people.

Let the Buzz Begin! Library 3.0 -
This is a weekly series of programs for librarians interested in talking about Library 3.0/Library 3-D. Tom Peters will open the eries on Thursday March 15 at 6 pm sl in the Cybrary City 2 open air auditorium. These are open mike. Each presenter will talk for 15-20 minutes on their view of Library 3.0 and then lead a discussion on the topic. Anyone interested in sharing their thoughts can attend and can in fact lead a discussion.

If you would likek to lead a discussion (we will try to space them throughout the timezones), please email Lori Bell (lbell at alliancelibrarysystem.com ) with some dates you are available and times and we will set these up. NMC has had great success with their teacher’s buzz. Us library folk need to join in.

March 6th, 2007 Posted by Kathryn Greenhill | Uncategorized | no comments