Libraries, Museumsand Immersive Learning

Dr. Valerie HillLISD & Texas Woman’s University

The digital revolution is changing libraries and museums.

Examples of Virtual Library & Museum Exhibits

• Virtual Texas- Spring 2011• Virtual Tornado- Fall 2011• Maya Island Exhibit- Spring 2012

Exhibits and Live Tours held at the Community Virtual Library Exhibition Area.

Virtual Texas: A Library Exhibit and Museum

Touring the Texas Capitol

Virtual Tornado: a Library Exhibit & Simulation

Teleport to a LIVE simulation withrescue workers, vehicles, and victims.

Maya Island Exhibit & Tours CVL Exhibition Area January-March 2012

Astronomy in Ancient Civilizations

A Library Exhibit and Simulation on display through Summer 2012.

Tours for Summer in Berlin 2012July 14th 1pm and August 5th 1pm

Valibrarian on Youtube

Machinima Archives by Valibrarian

University of Washington iSchoolCertificate in Virtual Worlds

Federal Consortium of Virtual Worlds

Barris, K. (2007). To be virtual …or not to be: Theatre museum Canada’s travels into the world of technology. Canadian Theatre Review, (131), 49-52.

Hill, Valerie, and Hyuk-Jin Lee. 2009. Libraries and immersive learning environments unite in second life. Library Hi Tech 27, (3): 338-56.

Mon, Lorri. 2009. Questions and Answers in a Virtual World: Educators and librarians as information providers in Second Life. Journal of Virtual Worlds Research 2 (1)

Sylaiou, S., Karoulis, A. Stravropoulos, Y., and Parias, P. (2008) Presence-centered assessment of virtual museums’ technologies. DESIDOC Journal of Library & Information Technology, 28(4), 55-61.

Webber, Sheila and Diane Nahl. 2011. Sustaining Learning for LIS through use of a Virtual World. IFLA Journal (37)(1): 5-15.

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References

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