Second Life

One-0-One

Second Life Introduction

What is Second Life?

• Web-Based Virtual World Social Networking Business Recreation

What Can You Do?

• Avatars• Create/Build• Activities InteractionExplorationBusiness CreationJust About Anything!

Avatar Appearance

Avatar Appearance

Build / Create

To Spend or Not to Spend?

Library/Education Role in Second Life• Second Life Libraries Promote Knowledge Helping Newbies Other Second Life Info General Real Life Info ….Many educational events

Library/Education Role in Second Life• Distance/Immersive Learning

Library/Education Role in Second Life• Museums

Library/Education Role in Second Life• Events: Conferences, Book Fairs

Statistics• 13,868,639 Total Residents

• 1,138,068 Residents Logged-In During Last 60 Days http://secondlife.com/whatis/economy_stats.php

• US Dollars spent in Second Life over last 24 hours $1,835,550 as of 5:59pm PDThttp://secondlife.reuters.com/

StatisticsPhilip Rosedale, Creator of Second Life• 75% users are international• In 2007, users spent over 220 million hours in

Second Life• Over 100 universities are holding classes in Second

Life. http://money.cnn.com/2007/12/20/technology/kirkpatrick_rosedale.fortune/index.htm

• By 2011, 80% of active Internet users will have a virtual world avatar.http://www.gartner.com/it/page.jsp?id=503861

Personal Involvement

My Activities• Land of LincolnHistory ConferenceExhibitsBook Discussion GroupBuilding of Historical Homes• Shopping, Dancing, Exploring

• Contact: vpetersen@mancos.lib.co.us Second Life: Plautia Corvale

• Links:Second Life

http://www.secondlife.comSecond Life Librarians

http://infoisland.org/Second Life Educators

http://www.sl-educationblog.org/