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An edition of Virtual worlds, real libraries (2008)

Virtual worlds, real libraries

librarians and educators in Second Life and other multi-user virtual environments

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English
Pages
234

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Table of Contents

Librar-things encounter the MUVE / Tom Peters
Massively multiplayer online worlds / Marty Grover
Library, education, and museum applications of virtual worlds for child, tween, and teen projects / Marty Grover
Edutainment before Second Life / Jami Schwarzwalder
Management in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman
Rocky in Wonderland : a librarian's journey down the Second Life rabbit hole / Bill Sowers
Reference services in a virtual world / S. Thompson
Collections in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman
Virtual neighborhoods, real communities : the Caledon Branch Library and the Branch Library Program / J. J. Jacobson
Teen Second Life / Kelly Czarnecki
HealthInfo Island : Center of Consumer Health and Medical Information in Second Life / Guus van den Brekel and Carol Perryman
A sense of wonder : speculative fiction and virtual worlds / Abbi Ball and Erik Gordon Bainbridge
Mystery Manor on Info Island / Mack Lundy
Virtual communities from long ago : the Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, and its educational possibilities / Mary-Carol Lindbloom
Land of Lincoln : Abraham Lincoln gets a second life / DaisyBlue Hefferman
Why have a second life? : convincing administrators, staff, and faculty of the benefits / Barbara Galik
Teaching in a virtual setting / S. Thompson
Virtual worlds, virtual students : instructional possibilities in Second Life / Skip Burhans, J.B. Hill, and Todd Spires
New frontiers for distance learning library services : a virtual world library at Appalachian State University / Geraldine Purpur and Louise Ochoa
Exploring Second Life at Stanford / Susan Payne, Rachel Gollub, and Deni Wicklund
Avatar in the classroom : teaching the nation's first MLIS class in Second Life / Jeremy W. Kemp.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Published in
Medford, N.J

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
006.8
Library of Congress
Z678.83.S53 V57 2008

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
234

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL22551183M
Internet Archive
virtualworldsrea0000unse
ISBN 13
9781573873611
LCCN
2008036931
OCLC/WorldCat
251188957
Library Thing
6636488
Goodreads
5111430

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