Seminar: Diane Nahl, "Virtual World Librarianship and the 3-D Web" (4/28/2009)

Virtual World Librarianship and the 3-D Web
Diane Nahl
Tuesday, April 28, 2009
4:30pm
POST 126

Since 2006 professional librarians have been working in the virtual world Second Life (SL) (www.secondlife.com). SL is the most active virtual world where librarians have created a great variety of services, collections, and immersive educational environments for information seekers. Hundreds of libraries have a presence in Second Life and hundreds of librarians work there daily, creating interactive library buildings and furniture, interactive collections, and user services including reference, book talks and storytelling, live author events, photo contests, poetry slams, and many others. Virtual world librarians create and utilize a variety of interactive information sharing devices and formally and informally teach virtual world information literacy (VWIL) skills to new SL users, MLIS students, and entering librarians.