Libraries & Schools in Second Life Hosted on ZooomrSeems like schools and libraries in Charlotte in the United States are making good use of Second Life, a virtual world created by Linden Lab, to reach out to teens. The Public Library of Charlotte & Mecklenburg County has a virtual island in Second Life. By the way, or t
Nearer home, I know a group of Australian librarians (both public and academic) have banded together to create an Australian libraryisland in Second Life.
And in Singapore, just yesterday, there was a meetup of Second Lifers (as those on Second Life are known). You can read more about what happened at the meetup in this post by the Rambling Librarian as well as here on Vanessa Tan’s blog. And I understand from his post, that some colleagues from NLB’s Corporate Communications department turned up as well. Maybe we should get the colleagues from Digital Library involved as well.
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