Second Life Second Life @ Your @ Your LibraryLibrary

Victoria Victoria Petersen Petersen Mancos Public Mancos Public LibraryLibrary

Second Life Introduction

What is Second Life?

• Web-Based 3-D Virtual World Education Social Networking Business Recreation

What Can You Do?

• Avatars• Create/Build• In-World Interaction Meeting PeopleExploringBusiness InnovationJust About Anything!

The Many Faces of Second Life

Anything Goes…

Build / Create

Build / Create

Building 101

Interactive Tutorials

Fun Can Be Free

To Spend or Not to Spend?

Second Life Economy• Exchange Rate

269.4 L$ / $1 USD

http://secondlife.reuters.com/

• $1,786,915 US Dollars spent in Second Life over last 24 hours

• 409,899 Total RL People Spending Money In-World August 2008

http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php

Money Really Does Grow On Trees!

Night Life

Library Roles in Second Life

• Second Life Libraries Promote Knowledge Helping Newbies Advanced Second Life Info General Real Life Info ….Many educational events

Distance Learning

Immersive Learning

Museums

Conferences

Book Discussions

Grant Presentations

Fast FactsPhilip Rosedale, Creator of Second Life• Over 100 universities are holding classes in Second Life • In 2007, users spent over 220 million hours in Second

Life.• In 2007, 75% International Users. http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/20/technology/kirkpatrick_rosedale.fortune/index.htm

Gartner Research• By the end of 2011, 80% of active Internet users will

have a virtual world avatar.

http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503861

And…Coming soon – a Colorado Second Life “Library Presence”!

• Starting in OctoberMeeting PlaceExhibits Programs

• Long Term Plan

• Interested Parties Welcome!

• Contact: Victoria Petersenvpetersen@mancos.lib.co.us Second Life: Plautia Corvale

• Links:Second Life

http://www.secondlife.comSecond Life Librarians

http://infoisland.org/Second Life Educators

http://www.sl-educationblog.org/