My postings on Second Life have not exactly reflected the growth of this project that the Library started back in …June? Our Library “Second Life Task Force” has been on a tear lately. Last week I hosted my first hands on training session for a group of neophyte colleagues about how SL is being used by librarians. It included an overview that borrowed liberally from Penn State IST’s Bart Pursel who I heard a speak at LeBow the previous week (see his site for slides). My talk also highlighted work being done on InfoIsland, but in two hours couldn’t hold a candle to the course they taught in-world.
Ours was more of a quick and dirty start-up session. We walked attendees through the avatar-creation process via the NMC.org portal, then toured Drexel’s Island and some other library-oriented sites in SL. I’ve had some good feedback from my colleagues, some of whom are already fielding requests for library collaboration on SL projects from their patrons.
