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Friday, April 11, 2008

Virtual Worlds

Link to a list of Virtual worlds so they can explore by category www.virtualworldsreview.com/info/categories.shtml

Glossary of terms related to Second Life

http://secondlife.wikia.com/index.php/Category:Glossary

Resources and Readings for Virtual World, Second Life

Peters, Tom. A Report on the First Year of Operation of the Alliance Second Life Library 2.0 Project.

http://www.alliancelibrarysystem.com/pdf/07sllreport.pdf

Abram, Stephen. "At Second Life, Info Pros Will Find Much to See, Much to Do, Learn, Play With, Try Out!" Information Outlook, 11, no. 4 (April 2007): p. 34-36.

Abram, Stephen. "Future School Libraries: A Third Presence in Second Life?" Multimedia & Internet and Schools, v.14/no.3(May/June 2007): p. 20-2.

Anonymous. "ALA/Arts Island Opens in Second Life," American Libraries, 38, no. 4, (April 2007): p. 12.

Anonymous. "Second Life Adds a Library Space, " American Libraries, 38, no. 1, (January 2007): p. 31.

Barack, Lauren. "College-Bound Avatars." School Library Journal, 53, no. 12 (2007): p. 19.

Bell, Lori, Peters, Tom, and Pope, Kitty. "Digital Libraries on the MUVE: A Virtual Adventure," Bulletin of the American Society for Information Science Technology, April 1, 2007.

Bell, Lori, Peters, Tom, and Pope, Kitty. "Get A Second Life! Prospecting for Gold in a 3-D World," Computers in Libraries, no. 27, 1 (2007): 10

Bell, Lori, Peters, Tom, Pope, Kitty, and Galik, Barbara. "Who’s on Third in Second Life? " Online, July/August 2007 : 14.

Bell, Lori, Peters, Tom, and Trueman, Rhonda. "Get a Second Life! Libraries in Virtual Worlds, " in Information Tomorrow: Reflections on Technology and the Future of Public and Academic Libraries, edited by Rachel Singer Gordon, 2007.

Blumenstein, Lynn. "San Jose SLIS Embraces Second Life," Library Journal, 132, no. 11(June 15, 2007): p. 17.

Braun, Linda. "Avatars and Beyond: Building Virtual Communities with Teens in Libraries (e-VOYA, August 2007).

http://pdfs.voya.com/VO/YA2/VOYA200708tag_team_tech.pdf

Crowdson, Anne. "Gaming Life – Discover Babylon – E- Learning Power in Second Life, " School Library Journal, 53, no. 11 (2007): 38.

Czarnecki, Kelly and Gullett, Matt. "Meet the New You, " School Library Journal, 53, no. 1(2007): 36

Erdman, Jacqueline. "Reference in a 3-D World: Preliminary Observations on Library Outreach in Second Life," The Reference Librarian, 47, no 98 (2007): 29-39.

Godfrey, Krista and Dinberg, Donna. "A brave new virtual world, or, 500 librarians can't be wrong!" Feliciter, V. 53, no. 4 (2007), p. 214-215

Grassian, Esther , Trueman, Rhonda B. and Clemson, Patrice. "Stumbling, bumbling, teleporting and flying… librarian avatars in Second Life: selected bibliography." Reference Services Review, 35 no 1 (2007): 90-97.

Hurst-Wahl, Jill. "Librarians and Second Life," Information Outlook, June 2007: 45.

Johnson, Doug. "Get a MUVE on," Library Media Connection, 26, no.2 (October 2007): p. 98.

LJ News, "San Jose Moves to Second Life – Virtual Reality Environments as New Teaching Tools," Library Journal, 132, no. 11, (2007): 17.

Marrapodi Jacobsen, Elisabeth. "Virtual Librarianship: Second Life," *HSLANJ EPulse,* Spring 2007 p.4

Peters, Tom. "Accessibility Initiatives in Second Life, " Smart Libraries Newsletter, 27, 9, (2007): 5.

Peters, Tom. "The Meaning of Second Life," Smart Libraries Newsletter, 27, No, 1, (2007): 7.

Peters, Tom and Bell, Lori. "Otherworldly Accessibility, " Computers in Libraries, 27, no. 9 (2007): p. 38-40.

Pierce, Jennifer Burek. "Who’s on Second?" American Libraries, 38, no. 2 (February 2007): p. 46.

Swanson, Bernadette Daly (2007). Second Life Machinima for libraries: the intersection of instruction, outreach & marketing in a virtual world . IFLA World Library and Information Congress 2007, Durban: South Africa . Retrieved Jan. 6, 2008, from www.ifla.org/IV/ifla73/papers/133-DalySwanson-en.pdf

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