Virtual worlds, real libraries
Subtitle: librarians and educators in Second Life and other multi-user virtual environments
By: [edited by] Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman.
Contributors: Bell, Lori, 1960-; Trueman, Rhonda B., 1953-
Publisher: Information Today, Inc.
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Medford, N.J
Language: eng
Number of pages: 234
ISBN-13: 9781573873611
Subjects: Second Life (Game); Shared virtual environments -- Library applications
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Librar-things encounter the MUVE / Tom Peters; title: Massively multiplayer online worlds / Marty Grover; title: Library, education, and museum applications of virtual worlds for child, tween, and teen projects / Marty Grover; title: Edutainment before Second Life / Jami Schwarzwalder; title: Management in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman; title: Rocky in Wonderland : a librarian's journey down the Second Life rabbit hole / Bill Sowers; title: Reference services in a virtual world / S. Thompson; title: Collections in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman; title: Virtual neighborhoods, real communities : the Caledon Branch Library and the Branch Library Program / J. J. Jacobson; title: Teen Second Life / Kelly Czarnecki; title: HealthInfo Island : Center of Consumer Health and Medical Information in Second Life / Guus van den Brekel and Carol Perryman; title: A sense of wonder : speculative fiction and virtual worlds / Abbi Ball and Erik Gordon Bainbridge; title: Mystery Manor on Info Island / Mack Lundy; title: Virtual communities from long ago : the Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, and its educational possibilities / Mary-Carol Lindbloom; title: Land of Lincoln : Abraham Lincoln gets a second life / DaisyBlue Hefferman; title: Why have a second life? : convincing administrators, staff, and faculty of the benefits / Barbara Galik; title: Teaching in a virtual setting / S. Thompson; title: Virtual worlds, virtual students : instructional possibilities in Second Life / Skip Burhans, J.B. Hill, and Todd Spires; title: New frontiers for distance learning library services : a virtual world library at Appalachian State University / Geraldine Purpur and Louise Ochoa; title: Exploring Second Life at Stanford / Susan Payne, Rachel Gollub, and Deni Wicklund; title: Avatar in the classroom : teaching the nation's first MLIS class in Second Life / Jeremy W. Kemp.