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Alliance Library System Gets a Second Life

Date : Jan 20, 2007
Start Time : 4 p.m. Eastern
Length : 00:30:00

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What is this trend that everyone is talking about? Take a tour of Second Life and learn about the Alliance Library Project on Second Life where a real library is serving real users.

Please note this is a live event and the sound quality is not optimal. Thank you for your understanding.

Lori Bell ?Director of Innovation, Alliance Library System

Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System, said of the Second Life project, ?Last April, we knew we were taking a chance. We did not know if the residents of Second Life would want a library or what a library in a virtual world would mean. Now almost a year later, we have expanded from a rented building to an Info Archipelago with eight collaborative islands and many groups working together to continue the expansion. The international group of volunteers we have had has made this happen.?

Pope (Kitty Phillips in Second Life) is the executive director of Second Life Library/Info, Barbara Galk (Puglet Dancer in Second Life) is the president of the advisory board, Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot in Second Life) is the director and Rhonda Trueman (Abbbey Zenith in Second Life) is the assistant director. The directors of the Teen Second Life Library are Matt Gullett (Ray Lightworker in Second Life) and Kelly Czarnecki (BlueWings Hayek in Second Life).

Kitty Pope ?Executive Director, Alliance Library System

Kitty Pope, executive director of the Alliance Library System, said of the Second Life project, ?Last April, we knew we were taking a chance. We did not know if the residents of Second Life would want a library or what a library in a virtual world would mean. Now almost a year later, we have expanded from a rented building to an Info Archipelago with eight collaborative islands and many groups working together to continue the expansion. The international group of volunteers we have had has made this happen.?

Pope (Kitty Phillips in Second Life) is the executive director of Second Life Library/Info, Barbara Galk (Puglet Dancer in Second Life) is the president of the advisory board, Lori Bell (Lorelei Junot in Second Life) is the director and Rhonda Trueman (Abbbey Zenith in Second Life) is the assistant director. The directors of the Teen Second Life Library are Matt Gullett (Ray Lightworker in Second Life) and Kelly Czarnecki (BlueWings Hayek in Second Life).