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Life” & Academic Libraries?!! YES!! Esther Grassian (aka Alexandria Knight) UCLA College Library Rev. 30 March 2010
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Panel presentation for Texas Library Association Conference, held in San Antonio, Texas on Friday, April 16, 2010. Panel session title: "Second Life Implementation in Academic Libraries."
Transcript of Second Life for Texas Library Association Conference 4 14 10
“Second Life” & Academic
Libraries?!! YES!!
Esther Grassian (aka Alexandria Knight)
UCLA College LibraryRev. 30 March 2010
Alexandria Knight
Agenda
What is Second Life (SL)? Who’s Involved? Examples: Academic Library &
Librarian Involvement & Fun
What is “Second Life” (SL)?
Somewhat Like “WOW” Modifiable MMORPG 769,000 Unique SL Users Logged
In (Dec 2009)
Virtual World?
Community Standards Objects Designed by Residents Intellectual Property Rights
Respected (Lawrence Lessig)
More…
L$260= US$1 User-to-User=US$567 Million in 2009 65% > 2008 Gross Resident Earnings=US$55
Million 11% > 2008 95% of Earnings = Profit!
SL Demographics 16 Million Registered Users - 150
Countries Age:
45% = 18-24 34% = 25-34
50% = U.S. Participants (6/09) 481 Million Hours in SL (2009)
Some considerations…
Access Requirements Internet Connectivity Platform Development & Revision Open Source Alternatives Learning Curve & Time
Commitment Sleaze Factor…
Businesses…
More…
Entertainment
Bazaars Bars Be wary… Mature areas
Texas Stampede Bar
“Metaverse Messenger” Kiosk
Academic Libraries in SL
Current Usage Benefits Potential
Higher Ed
UC Irvine Library Texas Women’s University Stanford University Library Austin Community College UCLA Library Many more…
UC Irvine-Anteater Island
Texas Women’s University
Stanford University Library
Austin Community College
UCLA Library
UCLA Library in SL Service Plan
Building & enhancing… library/faculty partnerships research collections
Enhancing services & focusing on information literacy
Promoting our role as a vibrant enterprise
up pops a notecard with links to UCLA library web pages…
Critical Thinking: Research Studies &
Sims
Are they real? Are they authoritative?
Fictional!
“This exhibit is for your entertainment only. None of the medical information presented here should be taken as true.”
Kemp, Jeremy. “Notices and Disclaimers—SimTeach”
Realistic attempt to replicate…
“…the building contains a closely researched recreation of visual and aural hallucinations, based on interviews of real schizophrenics.”
Peter Yellowlees, MD & programmer, UC Davis, “A Lever to Move the Mind”
Mellon Seminars-Digital Hum’s
Dante Hotel – Lynn Hershman
Reference Service
UCLA Library = Vibrant Enterprise
Professional Participation Global Networking
ALA Island
ACRL in SL
Review
What is Second Life (SL)? Who’s Involved? Examples To conclude…
Why Get Into SL?
Offer Reference Service Teach & Promote Information
Literacy Promote Collections Support Research, Teaching &
Learning Participate Professionally Network Globally
Go To Your Users!
