1. Librarians in Second Life
Our Avatars: Heralds in merging the real with the virtual world
Libraries / Organizations / Library Associations in Second Life:
American Library Association (ALA) Island:
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/communicate/alaislandinsecondlife/index.cfm
Center for Disease Control (CDC) in Second Life:
http://www.cdc.gov/socialmedia/tools/VirtualWorlds.html
Directory of Libraries and Organizations: http://infoisland.org/directory/index.php
National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA in Second Life:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fu2hvrMjgu0
Special Library Association (SLA) in Second Life:
http://wiki.sla.org/display/SLASECONDLIFE/SLA+Virtual+Worlds+Photos
University of South Carolina, Davis 2.0:
http://students.libsci.sc.edu/secondlife/index.html
General Resources Online:
ALA TechSource: http://www.alatechsource.org/search/node/second%20life
Community Virtual Library: http://infoisland.org
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), 3-21.
Retrieved from http://journals.tdl.org/jvwr/article/view/398/452
RezLibris - Magazine for SL Librarians: http://rezlibris.com
Second Life: http://secondlife.com
Second Life Education Wiki:
http://www.simteach.com/wiki/index.php?title=Second_Life_Education_Wiki
Second Life - Learn all about it (SLA):
http://www.sla.org/content/learn/members/webinars/secondlife.cfm
Second Life Quick Guide for Librarians:
http://oedb.org/blogs/ilibrarian/2007/a-quick-guide-to-second-life-for-librarians
Virtual Worlds, Real Libraries: http://www.virtualworldsreallibraries.info
Poster Resources:
OpenSim: http://opensimulator.org/wiki/Main_Page
Online Virtual Worlds: Applications and Avatars in a User-Generated Medium:
Hearing before the Subcommittee on Telecommunications and Internet, Committee
on Energy and Commerce. 110th Cong., 2d sess. (2008).
Pellerin, Cheryl (2007, May 8). U.S. Government Presence Grows in Second Life
Online World. Retrieved from http://www.america.gov/st/washfile-
english/2007/May/20070508163536lcnirellep0.2645075.html
The New Media Consortium, EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative (2007). The Horizon
Report 2007. Retrieved from http://www.nmc.org/pdf/2007_Horizon_Report.pdf
The Smithsonian Latino Virtual Museum:
http://latino.si.edu/education/LVM_Main.htm
Aileen M. J. Marshall
MLIS Student, University of South Carolina
Law Librarian, Central Rappahannock Regional Library
email: amarshall@crrl.org - web: www.cyndera.com - Facebook & LinkedIn: Aileen M. J. Marshall - Twitter: Cyndera
