# Presentation: 091679

## Second Life & Libraries

- Joyce Koeneman
- Lisa Haakon Pogue

## Your Hosts

- Olga Renard (Joyce Koenemann in RL)
- BooBoo Zapedski (Lisa Pogue in RL)

## www.SecondLife.com 

- 3-D virtual world created by residents
- Millions of residents from around the world
- SL Marketplace  sells land, clothes, etc.
- Teen Second Life
- For teens 13-17
- No adults allowed
- Many colleges have sites for outreach

## Opportunities for Librarians

- Meetings
- Lectures
- Exhibits
- Simulations
- Meet librarians from around the world

## Opportunities for Librarians

- Author events
- Discussion groups
- Concerts
- Meeting space
- Movies

## Opportunities for Librarians

- Explore libraries in a virtual world and how applies to RL
- Dances

## Barriers

- High speed connection, graphics card
- “It’s just a game”
- Firewalls
- Installation
- Learning curve
- Mature content (just like the Web)
- Congestion
- Typing skills
- SL goes offline for maintenance

## How to get started

- Go to _[www.secondlife.com](http://www.secondlife.com/)_ and download software
- Tour through Orientation Island

## Search

- Events
- Places
- People
- Groups

## Getting Around

- Walk
- Fly
- Teleport
- SLurl - provides direct teleport links to locations in SL

## Places to Go

## Where to go

- InfoIslands
- Genealogy Research Center
- Library Gallery
- Mystery Manor
- Performance Center
- Science Center
- SF/Fantasy Center
- Health InfoIsland

- Cybrary City
- Libraries offices
- Librarian Conference Centers
- EduIsland
- ALA/ Arts Island
- Imagination Island
- Renaissance Island

## Where to go

- Public Libraries
- State Libraries

## Where to go

- Universities
- Library schools

## Where to go

- Olga and BooBoo will take you to:
- Info Island
- Caribbean Breezes
- NOAA
- Kansas Library

## Resources

- Alliance Library Gets a Second Life: Library Services in a Virtual World - _[http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/pope_bell_20070120.pdf](http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/pope_bell_20070120.pdf)_
- Educational Uses of Second Life - _[http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses#libraries](http://sleducation.wikispaces.com/educationaluses#libraries)_
- Info Island Project on Second Life - _[http://](http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/sauers_20070403.pdf)__[www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/sauers](http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/sauers_20070403.pdf)__[_20070403.pdf](http://www.sirsidynixinstitute.com/Resources/Attachments/Slides/sauers_20070403.pdf)_
- Second Life Library - _[http://infoisland.org/](http://infoisland.org/)_
- Second Life: Facts for the Visitor - _http://www.wired.com/wired/archive/14.10/slfacts.html_

## More Resources

- Second Life and Libraries: What's the point? - http://infoblog.infopeople.org/2007/02/second_life_and_libraries_what.php
- YouTube Tour of Info Island / Second Life Libraries - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jTQkzfz5osQ
- Second Life Sites and Blogs
- New World Notes - http://nwn.blogs.com/  Blog on what’s happening in SL
- Second Style - http://www.secondstyle.com/SL fashion and accessories magazine just for fun
- Second Seeker -- Unofficial reviews of where to go and what to see in worldhttp://secondseeker.com/