second life, libraries, universities and murdoch university library

• Second Life

• Librarians

• Universities

• Murdoch University Library

Kathryn Greenhill,Murdoch University Library

October 2007Slides at: LibrariansMatter.com

Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

Who am I ?

Australian Libraries Building


What is Second Life?


A 3D Online Digital World Imagined, Created and Owned by its residents

MUVE : Multi User Virtual Environment


Avatars

Islands

Buildings

Objects


YES• Graphic, user controlled interface• Avatars• Inventory• Interact with environment• Interact with others

Isn’t it just a game ?

NO• No rules• No points• No strategy• No win/lose• No start and end


Avatars• Talk • Modify • Move

What do you do Second Life ?


Objects• Build• Upload • Buy, sell and trade • Animate• Script


Environment• Streamed media• Join groups and

network• Events


Librarians


Information Archipelago

• April 2006 Shopfront

• Sept. 2006 2 islands

• February 2007 9 islands

• July 2007 Over 40 islands


• Reference


Outreach


Collections


• Classes and Seminars


Universities


Australian Universities

• USQ – Terra incognita

• QUT – Law Faculty

• RMIT

• AFTRS

• Monash

• Griffiths

• Murdoch

• (CSIRO and ABC)Kathryn Greenhill http://librariansmatter.com

What are they doing?

• Presentations

• Teaching

• Conferences

• International Networking

• Showcasing University

• Replicating physical layout

• Showing new buildings


Murdoch University Library


Murdoch University Library: Discovering your Second Life


Murdoch University Open Day 2007


http://murdochsecondlife.pbwiki.com

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KiH7dkOVaLc


Murdoch University Island


Delivered 28 Sept 2007


ICT333 / TLC2776 studentsJob interview simulation


Contact me.

Kathryn Greenhill

• Second life name: Emerald Dumont

• http://librariansmatter.com

• [email protected]


http://librariansmatter.com/

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