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Virtual worlds, real libraries : librarians and educators in Second Life and other multi-user virtual environments / edited by Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman.
- Title
- Virtual worlds, real libraries : librarians and educators in Second Life and other multi-user virtual environments / edited by Lori Bell and Rhonda B. Trueman.
- Publication
- Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2008.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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| Text | Request in advance | Z678.83.S53 V57 2008 | Off-site |
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- Description
- xxi, 234 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.; 23 cm.
- Summary
- "Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries is designed to help librarians and educators recognize the potential of multi-user virtual environments (MUVEs) and consider ways to get involved as they proliferate. Lori Bell, Rhonda B. Trueman, and 24 contributors describe innovative projects in Second Life and other virtual worlds, and demonstrate how reference, teaching, collections, discussion groups, young adult programs, and other services can be successfully applied in a virtual environment."--Cover.
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Processing Action (note)
- committed to retain
- Contents
- Librar-things encounter the MUVE / Tom Peters -- Massively multiplayer online worlds / Marty Grover -- Library, education, and museum applications of virtual worlds for child, tween, and teen projects / Marty Grover -- Edutainment before Second Life / Jami Schwarzwalder -- Management in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman -- Rocky in Wonderland : a librarian's journey down the Second Life rabbit hole / Bill Sowers -- Reference services in a virtual world / S. Thompson -- Collections in virtual environments / Rhonda B. Trueman -- Virtual neighborhoods, real communities : the Caledon Branch Library and the Branch Library Program / J.J. Jacobson -- Teen Second Life / Kelly Czarnecki -- HealthInfo Island : Center of Consumer Health and Medical Information in Second Life / Guus van den Brekel and Carol Perryman -- A sense of wonder : speculative fiction and virtual worlds / Abbi Ball and Erik Gordon Bainbridge -- Mystery Manor on Info Island / Mack Lundy -- Virtual communities from long ago : the Parish of Reading Primley, Renaissance Island, and its educational possibilities / Mary-Carol Lindbloom -- Land of Lincoln : Abraham Lincoln gets a second life / DaisyBlue Hefferman -- Why have a second life? : convincing staff, administrators, and faculty of the benefits / Barbara Galik -- Teaching in a virtual setting / S. Thompson -- Virtual worlds, virtual students : instructional possibilities in Second Life / Skip Burhans, J.B. Hill, and Todd Spires -- New frontiers for distance learning library services : a virtual world library at Appalachian State University / Geraldine Purpur and Louise Ochoa -- Exploring Second Life at Stanford / Susan Payne, Rachel Gollub, and Deni Wicklund -- Avatar in the classroom : teaching the nation's first MLIS class in Second Life / Jeremy W. Kemp.
- ISBN
- 9781573873611
- 1573873616
- LCCN
- ^^2008036931
- OCLC
- 251188957
- SCSB-10523044
- Owning Institutions
- Harvard Library